A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 165 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (103 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 01:29:05 / October 16, 2018 @ 1:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.4307° East, -21.9336° South. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:29:05 / 12:29 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). Event id: us1000hcme. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hcme.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 165 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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