A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.7039° East, -21.4787° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us2000bu0g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bu0g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:33:33 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/11/17 / 2017-11-16 07:33:33 / November 16, 2017 @ 7:33 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 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).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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