A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The temblor was reported at 02:52:09 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.49 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13.49 km, 168.528° East, -21.486° South. Unique identifier: us2000bvyb. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvyb. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 15:52:09 / November 20, 2017 @ 3:52 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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