A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 135 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (84 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.093° East, latitude -22.0273° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70005udl. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005udl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:26 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 09:56:26 / October 6, 2019 @ 9:56 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 135 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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