A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 136 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (85 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70006xsd. Event ids that are associated: us70006xsd. Global time and date of event 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 09:30:24 / December 25, 2019 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:30:24 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 173.3689 East, latitude -22.3321 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 136 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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