Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 27, 1995 Earthquake

The earthquake hit French Polynesia region on Wednesday, December 27, 1995 at 21:29 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Faaa (French Polynesia region - FR), about 1212.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -138.973 and latitude -21.881.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 0.0 km
Coordinates -21.881, -138.973
UTC time 1995-12-27 21:29:58.030
Location Tuamotu Archipelago
Country France (FR)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1995-12-27

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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M 5.4
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M 4.8
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