A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 165 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (103 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 04:37:33 / September 16, 2024 @ 4:37 am. The temblor was detected at 04:37:33 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 169.4533 East, latitude -21.8117 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000ng94. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng94. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
How would you describe the shaking?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 165 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply