A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 197 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (122 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 169.5956° East, latitude -22.3411° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 06:35:59 / December 8, 2018 @ 6:35 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:35:59 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000itb9. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itb9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen 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: 197 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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