A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 208 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (129 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.7847 East, latitude -22.1684 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000hagb. Event ids that are associated: us2000hagb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 12:23:35 / September 1, 2018 @ 12:23 pm. 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). The temblor was reported at 23:23:35 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 208 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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