A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:33:01 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 10:33:01 / November 22, 2017 @ 10:33 am. Unique identifier: us1000bjga. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjga. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 168.6231 East, latitude -21.2545 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 83 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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