A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 199 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (124 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/20 / 2020-04-29 21:50:44 / April 29, 2020 @ 9:50 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 170.2919 East, latitude -21.6443 South, depth = 56.58 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:50:44 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.58 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60009eyu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009eyu. 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. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 199 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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