A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 160 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (99 miles). Global time and date of event 23/11/17 / 2017-11-23 05:49:30 / November 23, 2017 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.4066° East, latitude -21.2899° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjt7. Unique identifier: us1000bjt7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:49:30 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 160 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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