A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjcz. Unique identifier: us1000bjcz. Global time and date of event 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 14:34:01 / November 21, 2017 @ 2:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:34:01 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 13.24 km, 168.7216° East, -21.2557° South. 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 13.24 km (8 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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