Earthquake details

Thursday, December 6, 1979 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Thursday, December 6, 1979 at 03:20 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 397.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.214 and latitude -23.112.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-23.112, 170.214
UTC time	1979-12-06 03:20:20.700

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1979-12-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	397.8 km
Port Vila	630.3 km
Nadi	955.4 km
Lautoka	971.5 km
Suva	1018.7 km
Nasinu	1030.6 km
Whangarei	1459.8 km
Auckland	1590.2 km
Papatoetoe	1605.0 km
Manukau	1608.6 km
Hamilton	1703.3 km
Tauranga	1719.0 km

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