A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 16:58:37 / December 10, 2018 @ 4:58 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6855 East, latitude -21.6252 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:58:37 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000itm9. Event ids that are associated: us2000itm9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 83 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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