A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 209 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (130 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:01:19 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 06:01:19 / October 17, 2018 @ 6:01 am. Id of earthquake: us1000hd85. Event ids that are associated: us1000hd85. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 170.0266 East, latitude -22.1892 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 209 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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