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Historic Earthquake
2016 New Caledonia Earthquake
12 August 2016 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 12 August 2016 at 01:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), at a depth of 16 km. It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 40 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 12 August 2016
- Time
- 01:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 16 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Hunter Island (110 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2023Loyalty Islands · M 7.1
- 2023Loyalty Islands · M 7.7
- 2022Loyalty Islands · M 7.0
- 20212021 Loyalty Islands Earthquake · M 7.7
- 1990Fiji · M 7.6
- 1944Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1943Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1928Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth