A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 139 km NNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000hx1t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hx1t. Exact location, longitude 171.316° East, latitude -21.3453° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:41:19 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 15:41:19 / November 27, 2018 @ 3:41 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 139 km NNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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