A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 188 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (117 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:52:17 / 10:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.5908° East, latitude -22.1457° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hb6a. Unique identifier: us1000hb6a. Global time and date of event 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 23:52:17 / October 8, 2018 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 188 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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