Earthquake details

Friday, March 16, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Friday, March 16, 1928 at 05:01 UTC with a magnitude of 7.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NE), about 406.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.395 and latitude -22.360.

Magnitude 7.6
Alert Extreme
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -22.360, 170.395
UTC time 1928-03-16 05:01:05.850
Location 274 km ESE of Tadine
Country New Caledonia (NE)
Severity Extreme

Earthquake map 1928-03-16

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Unknown · 2026-07-27 10:46 UTC
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M 4.7
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New Caledonia · 2026-07-10 02:41 UTC
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M 4.5
Noumea
New Caledonia · 2026-07-10 02:34 UTC
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M 4.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Unknown · 2026-07-01 19:47 UTC
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M 4.9
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Unknown · 2026-07-01 06:23 UTC
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M 4.6
Noumea
New Caledonia · 2026-06-23 15:13 UTC
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M 4.5
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Unknown · 2026-05-27 06:13 UTC
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M 4.6
Noumea
New Caledonia · 2026-05-22 21:58 UTC
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