A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 132 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (82 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 13:41:23 / April 7, 2019 @ 1:41 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us700036f8. Unique identifier: us700036f8. The temblor was picked up at 00:41:23 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 169.094° East, latitude -21.93° South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 132 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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