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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Tadine in New Caledonia


Earthquake location -22.0787S, 169.6732WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 194 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (121 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:29:01 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.6732 East, latitude -22.0787 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nqf8. Event ids that are associated: us6000nqf8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 05:29:01 / September 8, 2024 @ 5:29 am.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 194 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.6732° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.0787° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 194 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-08 05:29:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 05:48:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 432 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nqf8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqf8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqf8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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