A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 179 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (111 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 09:50:45 / May 24, 2019 @ 9:50 am. Unique identifier: us60003rn4. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003rn4. Exact location, longitude 169.6046° East, latitude -21.7186° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:50:45 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 179 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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