Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 04:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 310.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 169.450 and latitude -22.055.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-22.055, 169.450
UTC time	2018-12-05 04:43:46.090

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-12-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	310.3 km
Port Vila	495.2 km
Nadi	958.4 km
Lautoka	972.3 km
Suva	1034.4 km
Nasinu	1046.0 km
Whangarei	1594.2 km
Auckland	1724.6 km
Honiara	1733.4 km
Hervey Bay	1737.0 km
Papatoetoe	1739.4 km
Manukau	1743.2 km

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