A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. Event id: us2000bvie. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvie. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.77 East, latitude -21.8377 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 16:09:32 / November 19, 2017 @ 4:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:09:32 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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