Earthquake details

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 21:00 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 360.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 169.835 and latitude -21.489.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-21.489, 169.835
UTC time	2011-05-31 21:00:43.280

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-05-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	360.5 km
Port Vila	447.1 km
Nadi	894.2 km
Lautoka	907.5 km
Suva	973.7 km
Nasinu	985.2 km
Whangarei	1644.5 km
Honiara	1709.0 km
Auckland	1774.9 km
Papatoetoe	1789.6 km
Hervey Bay	1792.7 km
Manukau	1793.3 km

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