A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 51 km ENE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (32 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 18:34:07 / December 25, 2019 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 172.4866 East, latitude -22.1748 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70006r11. Event ids that are associated: us70006r11. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:34:07 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter).
Each 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km ENE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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