A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact location of earthquake, 168.8008° East, -21.7231° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:00:14 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 17:00:14 / January 10, 2019 @ 5:00 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000j8u8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8u8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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