A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 180 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (112 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 05:40:35 / January 19, 2019 @ 5:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.4924° East, latitude -22.1888° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j68c. Unique identifier: us2000j68c. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:40:35 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 180 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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