A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 02:20:46 / October 31, 2017 @ 2:20 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:20:46 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.8953 East, latitude -21.4682 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000ayv5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayv5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 105 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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