A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 151 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (94 miles). Global time and date of event 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 17:59:57 / January 19, 2019 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000jc06. Event ids that are associated: us2000jc06. Exact location of earthquake, 169.2701° East, -21.9993° South, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:57 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 151 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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