Earthquake details

Tuesday, June 18, 1957 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southeast of the Loyalty Islands on Tuesday, June 18, 1957 at 17:56 UTC with a magnitude of 6.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea, about 532.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.114 and latitude -25.692.

Magnitude	6.3
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-25.692, 170.114
UTC time	1957-06-18 17:56:09.860

Location	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Country	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1957-06-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	532.6 km
Port Vila	904.9 km
Nadi	1157.5 km
Lautoka	1175.9 km
Whangarei	1187.6 km
Suva	1201.0 km
Nasinu	1212.7 km
Auckland	1317.9 km
Papatoetoe	1332.7 km
Manukau	1336.6 km
Hamilton	1431.5 km
Tauranga	1452.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.8 southeast of the Loyalty Islands Unknown · 2010-04-25 18:38 UTC	73.4 km
M 4.8 southeast of the Loyalty Islands Unknown · 1985-12-01 10:17 UTC	88.9 km
M 5.4 Norfolk Island Australia · 1982-11-05 06:31 UTC	34.6 km

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