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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 188km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia on Wednesday, 5 December 2018

This quake was likely an aftershock of the M 7.4 quake: Southeast of Loyalty Islands on Wed, 5 Dec 04h18, which had occurred 11 hours earlier.
Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 188km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia on Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Date & time: Wednesday, 5 December 2018 15:38 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2018-12-06 02:38:21 +11:00
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 22.0733°S / 169.6207°E (New Caledonia)
Nearest volcano: Eastern Gemini Seamount (139 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 4*10^12 J (1.11 GWh / 951 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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