A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 86 km SSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (53 miles). Global time and date of event 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 14:46:09 / April 10, 2020 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008t9n. Unique identifier: us70008t9n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:46:09 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 171.8073° East, -23.1448° South, depth 47.82 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.82 km (30 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 86 km SSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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