A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 181 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (112 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:40 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.5883 East, latitude -21.936 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 01:57:40 / October 16, 2018 @ 1:57 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hcml. Id of event: us1000hcml.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 181 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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