A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 194 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (121 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:32:12 / 11:32 pm (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). Id of earthquake: us2000hgnz. Event ids that are associated: us2000hgnz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 12:32:12 / September 8, 2018 @ 12:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.1939 East, latitude -22.7595 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 194 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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