A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvx9. Unique identifier: us2000bvx9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:15:05 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.57 East, latitude -21.3855 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 03:15:05 / November 20, 2017 @ 3:15 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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