A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 121 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (75 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 169.0567 East, latitude -21.5434 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:28:09 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 04:28:09 / November 19, 2017 @ 4:28 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000bvg2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvg2.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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