A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 128 km NE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (80 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:43:41 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 172.9444 East, latitude -21.5933 South, depth = 10 km. 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). Unique identifier: us70006xq7. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006xq7. Global time and date of event 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 06:43:41 / December 26, 2019 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT.
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 twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 128 km NE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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