A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 167 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (104 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 04:08:59 / October 16, 2018 @ 4:08 am. 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 temblor was reported at 15:08:59 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 169.4205 East, latitude -22.0163 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hcpp. Id of event: us1000hcpp.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 167 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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