A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 209 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (130 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.71 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:50:08 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.8081° East, latitude -22.1338° South, depth = 8.71 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jb8j. Unique identifier: us2000jb8j. Global time and date of event 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 14:50:08 / January 15, 2019 @ 2:50 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 209 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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