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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 195 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia


Earthquake location -21.5707S, 170.3777WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 195 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (121 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 06:48:22 / March 15, 2018 @ 6:48 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.62 km (83 miles). Event id: us1000d4lp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d4lp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.3777 East, latitude -21.5707 South, depth = 133.62 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:48:22 / 5:48 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 195 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 170.3777° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.5707° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 195km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-15 06:48:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-15 07:07:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000d4lp Id of event.
Event Code 1000d4lp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d4lp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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