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Historic Earthquake
1995 New Caledonia Earthquake
16 May 1995 · Noumea, Vanuatu · New Caledonia
On 16 May 1995 at 20:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Noumea, Vanuatu), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 52 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 16 May 1995
- Time
- 20:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 20 km
- Maximum Intensity
- III (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (8.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Matthew Island (164 km)
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth