A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 225 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (140 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itaq. Unique identifier: us2000itaq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.8871 East, latitude -22.7352 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 23:44:17 / December 7, 2018 @ 11:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:44:17 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 225 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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