Earthquake details

Thursday, July 24, 1980 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Thursday, July 24, 1980 at 15:30 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 382.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.144 and latitude -22.000.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-22.000, 170.144
UTC time	1980-07-24 15:30:05.600

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1980-07-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	382.2 km
Port Vila	511.8 km
Nadi	892.9 km
Lautoka	907.3 km
Suva	966.5 km
Nasinu	978.2 km
Whangarei	1581.5 km
Auckland	1711.9 km
Papatoetoe	1726.6 km
Manukau	1730.2 km
Honiara	1773.1 km
Hervey Bay	1807.7 km

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