Earthquake details

Saturday, January 27, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit French Polynesia region on Saturday, January 27, 1996 at 21:29 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Faaa (French Polynesia region - FR), about 1242.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -138.815 and latitude -22.236.

Magnitude 5.3
Alert Strong
Depth 0.0 km
Coordinates -22.236, -138.815
UTC time 1996-01-27 21:29:57.770
Location Tuamotu Archipelago
Country France (FR)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1996-01-27

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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M 5.4
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M 5.4
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M 4.8
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M 5.3
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M 5.2
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