A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 108 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (67 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:07:51 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000ists. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ists. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 21:07:51 / December 5, 2018 @ 9:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.8338 East, latitude -21.9652 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 108 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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