A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.23 km (14 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:07:25 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 168.4412° East, -21.496° South, depth 22.23 km. Global time and date of event 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 09:07:25 / December 10, 2017 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4yz. Id of event: us2000c4yz.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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