A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 212 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (132 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 15:56:56 / August 29, 2018 @ 3:56 pm. Event id: us2000h9i8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h9i8. Exact location, longitude 169.8382° East, latitude -22.1513° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:56:56 / 2:56 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).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 212 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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