Earthquake details

Saturday, March 3, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Saturday, March 3, 2001 at 09:41 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 394.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.274 and latitude -22.254.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-22.254, 170.274
UTC time	2001-03-03 09:41:29.210

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-03-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	394.1 km
Port Vila	543.1 km
Nadi	896.1 km
Lautoka	911.0 km
Suva	966.8 km
Nasinu	978.5 km
Whangarei	1550.8 km
Auckland	1681.2 km
Papatoetoe	1695.9 km
Manukau	1699.5 km
Hamilton	1794.1 km
Honiara	1803.5 km

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