A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 07:27:58 / November 20, 2017 @ 7:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 168.567° East, -21.359° South, depth 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:27:58 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000bvxs. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvxs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 73 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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