Earthquake details

Thursday, December 2, 2004 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Kiribati on Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 18:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tarawa (Kiribati - KI), about 378.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 169.707 and latitude 0.384.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	0.384, 169.707
UTC time	2004-12-02 18:26:42.450

Location	Tarawa
Country	Kiribati (KI)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2004-12-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tarawa	378.8 km
Honiara	1537.4 km
Arawa	1735.2 km
Port Vila	2022.9 km
Lautoka	2176.1 km
Nadi	2193.6 km
Nasinu	2269.3 km
Suva	2271.9 km
Noumea	2546.9 km
Apia	2583.9 km
Lae	2643.8 km
Port Moresby	2730.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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Kiribati · 1986-11-19 08:28 UTC

12.8 km

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