A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 198 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (123 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:50:22 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.7523 East, latitude -21.9457 South, depth = 6.09 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 16:50:22 / October 16, 2018 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000hehq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hehq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.09 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 198 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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