A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 190 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (118 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 169.6657° East, latitude -21.971° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 01:37:23 / May 19, 2019 @ 1:37 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:37:23 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60003t3r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003t3r.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 190 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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