Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 312 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, on Sunday, 23 December 2018 at 10:09 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.4 quake South Pacific Ocean, 164 km east of Tadine, Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, 5 December 2018 04:18 GMT, which had occurred 3 semaines earlier.
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 312 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, on Sunday, 23 December 2018 at 10:09 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 80 km depth

23 Dec 10:20 UTC: Premier à signaler: EMSC après 11 minutes.
Profondeur recalculée de 10.0 à 80.0 km.
Date & time: 23 Dec 2018 10:09:27 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 80.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 22.09°S / 169.47°E (South Pacific Ocean, Nouvelle-Calédonie)
Volcan le plus près: Eastern Gemini Seamount (162 km / 101 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
175 km ESE de Tadin (Maré) (pop: 7,490) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
263 km ESE de Wé (Lifou) (pop: 10,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
284 km S de Isangel (Vanuatu) (pop: 1,440) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
300 km E de Mont-Dore (pop: 24,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
311 km E de Dumbéa (pop: 19,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
312 km E de Nouméa (pop: 93,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
321 km E de Païta (pop: 12,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
378 km E de La Foa (pop: 2,950) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
213 km S de Aneityum Island (pop: 915) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.080 km SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDSEMSC
M 5.010 km- 155km ESE of Tadine, New CaledoniaUSGS
M 5.110 kmSoutheast of Loyalty IslandsGFZ

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 312 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, 23 December 2018 10:09 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):
  • 19 Jan 2019 05:40 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
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    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 312 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia, on Sunday, 23 December 2018 at 10:09 (GMT)
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