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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Ile Hunter in New Caledonia


Earthquake location -22.523S, 171.3938WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (42 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 171.3938 East, latitude -22.523 South, depth = 61.57 km. Unique identifier: us70008c43. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008c43. The temblor was reported at 05:44:49 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/03/20 / 2020-03-15 18:44:49 / March 15, 2020 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.57 km (38 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 171.3938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.523° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km WSW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-15 18:44:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-13 15:59:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.575 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70008c43 Id of event.
Event Code 70008c43 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008c43, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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