A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 04:04:31 / November 20, 2017 @ 4:04 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:04:31 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.7142 East, latitude -21.4526 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000bvxf. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvxf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 86 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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