A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 20:36:47 / May 5, 2018 @ 8:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:36:47 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000dyzj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dyzj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.52 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.2702 East, latitude -21.3818 South, depth = 19.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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