A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 172 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (107 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 18:32:23 / March 26, 2019 @ 6:32 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000k9p2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9p2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.4579 East, latitude -22.0508 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:23 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 172 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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