A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 203 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (126 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 170.0725° East, -22.4618° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 00:09:00 / December 7, 2018 @ 12:09 am. Unique identifier: us2000it98. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000it98. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:09:00 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 203 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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