A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 161 km NNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (100 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 05:48:48 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 18:48:48 / May 16, 2018 @ 6:48 pm. Unique identifier: us1000e81z. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e81z. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 171.712 East, latitude -20.9768 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 161 km NNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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