A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 00:16:07 / November 20, 2017 @ 12:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, 168.8358° East, -21.4407° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvxh. Unique identifier: us2000bvxh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:16:07 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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