A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 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). Event id: us2000bvxa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvxa. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.688 East, latitude -21.6288 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:18:21 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 03:18:21 / November 20, 2017 @ 3:18 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 83 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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