A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 170 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (106 miles). Event id: us2000istb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000istb. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 169.3194° East, -22.3005° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:44:52 / 3:44 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 earthquake 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 16:44:52 / December 5, 2018 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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