A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 165 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (103 miles). Unique identifier: us2000itbu. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itbu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:24:50 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 169.3634° East, -22.1117° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 20:24:50 / December 8, 2018 @ 8:24 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 165 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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