A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 23:22:10 / November 21, 2017 @ 11:22 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjdm. Unique identifier: us1000bjdm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:22:10 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.7142° East, latitude -21.4035° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-five 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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