A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 165 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (103 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:12 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgpi. Unique identifier: us2000hgpi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 10:05:12 / September 8, 2018 @ 10:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 170.4873 East, latitude -22.0563 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 165 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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