A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (113 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 19:20:12 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.5778 East, latitude -21.9961 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/18 / 2018-10-23 08:20:12 / October 23, 2018 @ 8:20 am. Unique identifier: us1000hg02. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hg02. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 182 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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