A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 206 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (128 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 08:03:17 / October 16, 2018 @ 8:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.7659 East, latitude -22.1672 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:03:17 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000heh4. Event ids that are associated: us1000heh4.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 206 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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