A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 197 km NNE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (122 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/19 / 2019-03-17 09:28:25 / March 17, 2019 @ 9:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jlqd. Event ids that are associated: us1000jlqd. The temblor was detected at 20:28:25 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 172.4234° East, -20.6477° South, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 197 km NNE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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