A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.67 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0037 East, latitude -21.1334 South, depth = 13.67 km. Event id: us1000bmdu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmdu. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:32:59 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 20:32:59 / November 27, 2017 @ 8:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Wé (c. 10 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wé, Tadine.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NNE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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