A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 167 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (104 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 05:46:06 / November 25, 2017 @ 5:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.3811 East, latitude -22.1189 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:46:06 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjx5. Unique identifier: us1000bjx5.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 167 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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