A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 142 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (88 miles). Global time and date of event 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 19:24:37 / December 20, 2018 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:37 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j1sl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1sl. Exact location of earthquake, 169.1436° East, -22.0782° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 142 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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