A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 184 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (114 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:37:21 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.5948° East, -22.0321° South. Global time and date of event 20/10/18 / 2018-10-20 07:37:21 / October 20, 2018 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000hevy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hevy. The earthquake was roughly 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).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 184 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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