Earthquake details

Monday, March 29, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southeast of the Loyalty Islands on Monday, March 29, 1976 at 18:00 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea, about 445.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.761 and latitude -22.032.

Magnitude 5.0
Alert Strong
Depth 104.0 km
Coordinates -22.032, 170.761
UTC time 1976-03-29 18:00:24.700
Location southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Country southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1976-03-29

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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Unknown · 2026-07-27 10:46 UTC
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Noumea
New Caledonia · 2026-07-10 02:34 UTC
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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
87.4 km
M 4.5
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Unknown · 2026-05-27 06:13 UTC
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Noumea
New Caledonia · 2026-05-22 21:58 UTC
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