A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qljx. Unique identifier: us6000qljx. The temblor was reported at 01:26:25 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6299 East, latitude -21.2342 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/25 / 2025-06-21 01:26:25 / June 21, 2025 @ 1:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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