Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Caledonia on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 21:32 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Noumea (New Caledonia - NC), about 347.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 169.798 and latitude -21.920.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-21.920, 169.798
UTC time	2018-12-05 21:32:18.100

Location	Noumea
Country	New Caledonia (NC)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-12-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Noumea	347.6 km
Port Vila	490.9 km
Nadi	919.7 km
Lautoka	933.6 km
Suva	995.5 km
Nasinu	1007.1 km
Whangarei	1599.1 km
Auckland	1729.5 km
Honiara	1743.7 km
Papatoetoe	1744.2 km
Manukau	1747.9 km
Hervey Bay	1775.6 km

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