A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 201 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (125 miles) on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:48 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 07:23:48 / October 6, 2018 @ 7:23 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hazz. Unique identifier: us1000hazz. Exact location, longitude 169.7199° East, latitude -22.1724° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 201 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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