A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/17 / 2017-11-08 12:10:57 / November 8, 2017 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.73 East, latitude -21.5533 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:10:57 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000bqdw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bqdw.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 sixty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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