A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 188 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (117 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 20:14:31 / January 4, 2018 @ 8:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:31 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c2m1. Unique identifier: us1000c2m1. Exact location, longitude 169.7035° East, latitude -21.4495° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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