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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Tadine in New Caledonia


Earthquake location -22.2095S, 169.8268WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 213 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (132 miles). Exact location, longitude 169.8268° East, latitude -22.2095° South, depth = 17.96 km. The temblor was reported at 07:50:58 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h51g. Unique identifier: us2000h51g. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 20:50:58 / August 29, 2018 @ 8:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.96 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 213 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.8268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.2095° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 213km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-29 20:50:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-30 12:27:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.238 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000h51g Id of event.
Event Code 2000h51g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h51g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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