A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:13 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.8036 East, latitude -21.6869 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000bq8v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bq8v. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/17 / 2017-11-07 18:01:13 / November 7, 2017 @ 6:01 pm.
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 96 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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