A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Thursday. Event id: us1000ec3b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ec3b. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.2941 East, latitude -21.247 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 23:40:57 / May 23, 2018 @ 11:40 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:40:57 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 54 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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