A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Unique identifier: us2000bu0y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bu0y. Exact location of earthquake, 168.69° East, -21.365° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:46:10 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/17 / 2017-11-16 08:46:10 / November 16, 2017 @ 8:46 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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