Earthquake details

Thursday, February 10, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Thursday, February 10, 1977 at 03:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 352.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 169.834 and latitude -21.876.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	38.0 km
Coordinates	-21.876, 169.834
UTC time	1977-02-10 03:26:59.000

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-02-10

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	352.0 km
Port Vila	487.5 km
Nadi	914.0 km
Lautoka	927.9 km
Suva	990.1 km
Nasinu	1001.7 km
Whangarei	1602.8 km
Auckland	1733.2 km
Honiara	1742.2 km
Papatoetoe	1748.0 km
Manukau	1751.7 km
Hervey Bay	1780.5 km

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