A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 168.7033° East, -21.3831° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000btze. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000btze. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:18:57 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 22:18:57 / November 15, 2017 @ 10:18 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 86 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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