A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 205 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (127 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.8639 East, latitude -21.6361 South, depth = 20.25 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:08:22 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.25 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60003t4g. Event ids that are associated: us60003t4g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 16:08:22 / May 19, 2019 @ 4:08 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 205 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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