A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000n0an. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0an. Exact location, longitude 168.6536° East, latitude -21.3155° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:51:36 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 21:51:36 / May 15, 2024 @ 9:51 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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