A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 155 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.2724° East, latitude -22.0872° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 10:09:21 / December 23, 2018 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000iwml. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iwml. The temblor was picked up at 21:09:21 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 155 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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