Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 04:48 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 386.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 170.199 and latitude -22.239.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-22.239, 170.199
UTC time	2018-08-29 04:48:35.990

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-08-29

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	386.4 km
Port Vila	538.6 km
Nadi	901.8 km
Lautoka	916.6 km
Suva	973.0 km
Nasinu	984.7 km
Whangarei	1554.3 km
Auckland	1684.7 km
Papatoetoe	1699.4 km
Manukau	1703.0 km
Honiara	1797.3 km
Hamilton	1797.6 km

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