A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 213 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (132 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 22:10:09 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70004dbs. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004dbs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:10:09 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 170.0248° East, latitude -22.02° 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 213 km W of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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