MAJOR EARTHQUAKE
68 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 68 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia on 25 Sept 2026, 21:23 UTC. The hypocentre was 17.1 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 1 time since the first report. 30 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 17.1 km
- Latitude
- 21.25°S
- Time
- 21:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- M7.0
shallow
168.45°E longitude
25 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 7.0
Can cause serious damage over large areas.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 6.0, roughly the energy of 477 thousand tonnes of TNT.
17.1 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
30 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 6.6.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
26 Sept 2026, 12:14 UTC · 10 km deep
26 Sept 2026, 12:14 UTC · 10 km deep
26 Sept 2026, 10:53 UTC · 10 km deep
26 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC · 10 km deep