A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000bmcx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bmcx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.5384 East, latitude -21.2338 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 08:51:28 / November 27, 2017 @ 8:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:51:28 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 76 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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