Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 306 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 at 10:14 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.4 quake South Pacific Ocean, 164 km east of Tadine, New Caledonia, 5 December 2018 04:18 GMT, which had occurred 6 hours earlier.
Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 306 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 at 10:14 (GMT)

Strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

5 Dec 10:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 18 minutes.
Dec 5 10:42: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.2.
Date & time: 5 Dec 2018 10:14:29 UTC
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 22.16°S / 169.42°E (South Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia)
Nearest volcano: Eastern Gemini Seamount (155 km / 96 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
173 km (107 mi) ESE of Tadine (Maré) (pop: 7,490) --> See nearby quakes!
262 km (163 mi) ESE of Wé (Lifou) (pop: 10,400) --> See nearby quakes!
294 km (183 mi) E of Mont-Dore (pop: 24,700) --> See nearby quakes!
305 km (190 mi) E of Dumbéa (pop: 19,300) --> See nearby quakes!
306 km (190 mi) E of Noumea (pop: 93,100) --> See nearby quakes!
316 km (196 mi) E of Païta (pop: 12,600) --> See nearby quakes!
342 km (213 mi) ESE of Fayaoué (pop: 4,410) --> See nearby quakes!
374 km (232 mi) E of La Foa (pop: 2,950) --> See nearby quakes!
410 km (255 mi) E of Bourail (pop: 4,830) --> See nearby quakes!
444 km (276 mi) ESE of Poindimié (pop: 4,890) --> See nearby quakes!
296 km (184 mi) S of Tanna Island (pop: 28,800) --> See nearby quakes!
222 km (138 mi) S of Aneityum Island (pop: 915) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.210 kmSOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDSEMSC
M 5.210 km- 172km ESE of Tadine, New CaledoniaUSGS

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Aftershocks

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes):
  • 19 Jan 2019 05:40 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 23 Dec 2018 10:09 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    80 km (49.7 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 13 Dec 2018 02:52 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    20 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 08 Dec 2018 10:17 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    1 km (1 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 08 Dec 2018 02:57 UTC
    | M 5.1 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    20 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 05 Dec 2018 23:45 UTC
    | M 4.8 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 05 Dec 2018 15:38 UTC
    | M 5.2 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 05 Dec 2018 11:39 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 05 Dec 2018 10:19 UTC
    | M 5.1 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    21 km (13 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details

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