A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 136 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (85 miles). Unique identifier: us2000it9a. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000it9a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 01:01:39 / December 7, 2018 @ 1:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude 169.0818 East, latitude -22.0765 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:01:39 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 136 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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