A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 201 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (125 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 170.1163 East, latitude -22.1142 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000gjb1. Event ids that are associated: us1000gjb1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 04:03:14 / August 29, 2018 @ 4:03 am. 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). The temblor was reported at 15:03:14 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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