A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 186 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (116 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 07:11:25 / October 12, 2018 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:11:25 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 169.6283° East, -21.9888° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us1000hddi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hddi.
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 thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 186 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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