A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Global time and date of event 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 23:52:14 / November 19, 2017 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000bvi7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvi7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6756 East, latitude -21.3209 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:52:14 / 10:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 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-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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