A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bu0c. Id of event: us2000bu0c. The temblor was reported at 18:07:56 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/17 / 2017-11-16 07:07:56 / November 16, 2017 @ 7:07 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.627 East, latitude -21.6675 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five 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. 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: 78 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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