A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (43 miles). Exact location, longitude 171.4853° East, latitude -22.7384° South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 19:48:21 / December 6, 2017 @ 7:48 pm. Unique identifier: us2000c3vi. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3vi. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:48:21 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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