A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Global time and date of event 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 22:31:20 / July 24, 2018 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000gf7v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gf7v. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:31:20 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.2244° East, -21.3597° South, depth 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 41 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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