A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 177 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (110 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000issn. Unique identifier: us2000issn. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:35:48 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 12:35:48 / December 5, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.4457 East, latitude -22.2114 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 177 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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