A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 222 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (138 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 170.0642° East, -21.6155° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000hefx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hefx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 00:36:28 / October 16, 2018 @ 12:36 am. The temblor was reported at 11:36:28 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 222 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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