A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 188 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (117 miles) on Thursday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:38:21 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 15:38:21 / December 5, 2018 @ 3:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000i2vx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i2vx. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.6207° East, -22.0733° South.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 188 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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