A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.6752 East, latitude -21.0834 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 07:45:39 / December 26, 2025 @ 7:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkv8. Unique identifier: us7000rkv8. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:45:39 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 97 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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