A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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). The temblor was detected at 10:23:15 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.7246 East, latitude -21.2984 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/17 / 2017-11-30 23:23:15 / November 30, 2017 @ 11:23 pm. Unique identifier: us2000c1nh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c1nh.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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