Earthquake details

Thursday, April 19, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Thursday, April 19, 1973 at 06:21 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 398.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.318 and latitude -22.325.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	41.0 km
Coordinates	-22.325, 170.318
UTC time	1973-04-19 06:21:04.900

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-04-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	398.5 km
Port Vila	552.1 km
Nadi	896.5 km
Lautoka	911.6 km
Suva	966.4 km
Nasinu	978.1 km
Whangarei	1542.1 km
Auckland	1672.4 km
Papatoetoe	1687.1 km
Manukau	1690.8 km
Hamilton	1785.3 km
Tauranga	1799.5 km

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