A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 168 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia (104 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 03:16:43 / October 30, 2019 @ 3:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:16:43 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.4567 East, latitude -21.1728 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600068pc. Id of event: us600068pc.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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: 168 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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