A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 200 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (124 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 23:23:02 / December 7, 2018 @ 11:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000itam. Event ids that are associated: us2000itam. The temblor was reported at 10:23:02 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.6441° East, latitude -22.3059° South, depth = 10 km. 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).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 200 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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