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Historic Earthquake
2011 New Caledonia Earthquake
13 January 2011 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 13 January 2011 at 16:16 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), at a depth of 9 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 50 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 13 January 2011
- Time
- 16:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 9 km
- Maximum Intensity
- II (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Yasur (159 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 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