A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 216 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (134 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:38:03 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 169.9935 East, latitude -22.0044 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 12:38:03 / April 23, 2020 @ 12:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60009ep3. Unique identifier: us60009ep3.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 216 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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