A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 215 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (134 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 22:19:33 / October 10, 2016 @ 10:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007d5e. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007d5e. The temblor was picked up at 09:19:33 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.86 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 170.2607° East, -21.4077° South, depth 75.86 km.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 215 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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