A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 202 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (126 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.81 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.78 East, latitude -22.0211 South, depth = 32.81 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwyv. Id of event: us1000hwyv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 09:00:45 / November 27, 2018 @ 9:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:00:45 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 202 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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