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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag strikes near Tadine in New Caledonia


Earthquake location -22.0502S, 169.6677WA earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (119 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 169.6677° East, -22.0502° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 06:43:04 / December 5, 2018 @ 6:43 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tadine in New Caledonia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18339002, at00pj93zz, us1000i2k0. Id of event: us1000i2k0. The 6.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:43:04 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 192 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.6677° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.0502° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 192km ESE of Tadine, 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 2018-12-05 06:43:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-05 07:10:04 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 4.31 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 670 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 ,pt,at,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 2.989 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us1000i2k0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000i2k0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18339002,at00pj93zz,us1000i2k0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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