A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 208 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (129 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.31 km (23 miles). Global time and date of event 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 15:41:18 / August 29, 2018 @ 3:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 169.814° East, latitude -22.0897° South, depth = 36.31 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:41:18 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000h9h9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h9h9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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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