A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 122 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (76 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 04:30:25 / December 5, 2018 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.0324° East, latitude -21.8232° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i2h5. Unique identifier: us1000i2h5. The temblor was picked up at 15:30:25 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 122 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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