A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 136 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (85 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:17:47 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c31y. Unique identifier: us1000c31y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 05:17:47 / January 10, 2018 @ 5:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.1435 East, latitude -21.9244 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
Did you feel anything?
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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 136 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply