A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 174 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (108 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 169.5382° East, -21.832° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:26:38 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/18 / 2018-10-11 22:26:38 / October 11, 2018 @ 10:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hdcv. Unique identifier: us1000hdcv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 174 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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