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M 6.7 - 74 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia

Latest evidence

Magnitude M6.7 Mww

Reported values: USGS M6.7 Mww · GDACS M6.6 (magnitude type not stated)

Depth
10 km
Alert level
Green
Started
Location
Coral Sea, off Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Hazard
Strong earthquake

Coral Sea, off Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

About 240 km NE of Nouméa

Events on record associated with New Caledonia

LOYALTY ISLANDSCoral SeaNouméa (reference place)NouméaEvent origin; Reported epicentre (USGS)Origin (USGS)Reported epicentre (GDACS)GDACSNew CaledoniaNorth is upN100 km
Map of the area in the Coral Sea, off Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, showing the event origin and the epicentres reported by USGS and GDACS. Scale bar: 100 km. Location inset: New Caledonia. Reported epicentre marked.

Recorded coordinates

The event origin is WND’s fixed reference point for this event; it is not revised when a provider updates its epicentre. Each provider reports its own current epicentre; a superseded location is kept as history. Distances below are measured from the origin.

Region and reference cities are derived by WND from the reported epicentre using Natural Earth 5.1.2 boundaries; they are not provider statements. Made with Natural Earth.

Event origin: 21.3128° S, 168.5544° E

  • Reported epicentre (USGS) — 21.3128° S, 168.5544° E — at the event origin
  • Reported epicentre (GDACS) — 21.2982° S, 168.6100° E — 6 km ENE of the event origin

Impact

Population exposedEstimated
1,391 people

What changed

Timeline

The first 5 of 7 dated entries, earliest first. 1 entry without a stated time is in the full chronology.

  1. Main eventM 6.7 - 74 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
  2. HazardMagnitude recorded: M6.7 Mww
  3. HazardReported magnitude (GDACS) recorded: M6.6
  4. HazardDepth recorded: 10 km
  5. HazardReported epicentre (USGS) recorded: 21.3128° S, 168.5544° E

See all 8 entries in the full chronology

2 official and scientific sources

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Occurrences

The main event and every occurrence recorded so far. Each reading links to its entry in the evidence record.

Main event

  • M 6.7 - 74 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaM6.7 Mww10 km depth

    USGS main shock, reviewed status.

Evidence

Every reading published for this Event, grouped by what it measures, with its source. Superseded readings and readings not shown in the summaries above are included. Where a claim has several readings, WND selects one by a fixed rule; selection is not a judgement of accuracy.

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Evidence record

Magnitude

Depth

Reported epicentre

Population exposed

Alert level

Full chronology

  1. Main event M 6.7 - 74 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
  2. Hazard Magnitude recorded: M6.7 Mww
  3. Hazard Reported magnitude (GDACS) recorded: M6.6
  4. Hazard Depth recorded: 10 km
  5. Hazard Reported epicentre (USGS) recorded: 21.3128° S, 168.5544° E
  6. Hazard Reported epicentre (GDACS) recorded: 21.2982° S, 168.6100° E
  7. Impact Population exposed recorded: 1,391 people

No time stated by the source

Sources

  • Scientific record

    M 6.7 - 74 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia

    USGS

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  • Scientific record

    Earthquake in Vanuatu (episode 1736074)

    GDACS

    View source

Evidence coverage

  • GDACS: alert record found and attached. Checked
  • GLIDE registry: checked, nothing matched. Checked
  • ReliefWeb: not queried — reports attach only by GLIDE, and none is assigned. Checked