A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpj0. Id of event: us6000rpj0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 10:24:50 / November 21, 2025 @ 10:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude 168.4441 East, latitude -21.1948 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 10:24:50 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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