A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 168 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (104 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 169.4991° East, latitude -21.7694° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was 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 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:23:09 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 01:23:09 / October 17, 2018 @ 1:23 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hd60. Unique identifier: us1000hd60.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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