A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 93 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (58 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.54 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006f20. Id of event: us10006f20. Exact location, longitude 172.8969° East, latitude -22.7111° South, depth = 54.54 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 02:05:55 / August 15, 2016 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:05:55 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 93 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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