A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (91 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:54:56 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 09:54:56 / October 27, 2019 @ 9:54 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700063gl. Id of event: us700063gl. Exact location of earthquake, 170.6811° East, -22.7731° South, depth 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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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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 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: 146 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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