A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 170 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (106 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 13:05:38 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.497 East, latitude -23.1496 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 01:05:38 / April 24, 2018 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000dtee. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dtee.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 170 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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