A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjcr. Id of event: us1000bjcr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 168.7847° East, -21.5027° South, depth 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:05:56 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 13:05:56 / November 21, 2017 @ 1:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 93 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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