A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 201 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (125 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 22:59:14 / May 15, 2018 @ 10:59 pm. Event id: us1000e806. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e806. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 170.1376° East, -22.0313° South. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:59:14 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter).
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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 201 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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