A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Vao in New Caledonia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.02 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 10:02:12 / November 19, 2017 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 167.91° East, latitude -22.1945° South, depth = 5.02 km. The temblor was detected at 21:02:12 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000brd7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000brd7.
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. 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: 68 km NE of Vao, New Caledonia.
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