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Historic Earthquake
2018 New Caledonia Earthquake
5 December 2018 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 5 December 2018 at 04:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 11 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 5 December 2018
- Time
- 04:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- III (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (4.0 m wave)
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Gemini-Oscostar (132 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
- 1928Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · 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