A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 195 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (121 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 17:59:52 / January 4, 2018 @ 5:59 pm. The temblor was detected at 04:59:52 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000c2l8. Event ids that are associated: us1000c2l8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.7667 East, latitude -21.5915 South, depth = 7.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.51 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 195 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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