A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The temblor was detected at 01:29:18 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000bjcy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjcy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.3 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.5195 East, latitude -21.1688 South, depth = 14.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 14:29:18 / November 21, 2017 @ 2:29 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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