A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Unique identifier: us1000bjcu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjcu. Global time and date of event 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 14:03:20 / November 21, 2017 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.5178 East, latitude -21.2567 South, depth = 13.19 km. 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 13.19 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:03:20 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 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 thirty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. 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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