A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 151 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (94 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/16 / 2016-08-18 13:02:04 / August 18, 2016 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:02:04 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006eq3. Unique identifier: us10006eq3. Exact location, longitude 173.3466° East, latitude -23.0549° South, depth = 10 km. 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 ten, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 151 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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