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Historic Earthquake
2004 New Caledonia Earthquake
3 January 2004 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 3 January 2004 at 16:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), at a depth of 22 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 53 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 3 January 2004
- Time
- 16:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 22 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Gemini-Oscostar (151 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2023Loyalty Islands · M 7.7
- 20212021 Loyalty Islands Earthquake · M 7.7
- 1995Noumea, Vanuatu · M 7.7
- 1943Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1928Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1901Loyalty Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth