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M6.5 earthquake, New Caledonia, 2018-10-16

MagnitudeM6.5mww

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Depth17 km

Time (UTC)2018-10-16 01:03

Rank in 201842 / 134among M6+

Rank since 19004673 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

171 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia · -21.74, 169.52

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.7 2018-10-16	2018-10-16 01:14	10 km	167 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.6 2018-10-16	2018-10-16 04:42	10 km	182 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1920 M8.1M8.1

1901 M7.9M7.9

1910 M7.8M7.8

1995 M7.7M7.7

2021 M7.7M7.7

2023 M7.7M7.7

1928 M7.6M7.6

2018 M7.5M7.5

1998 M7.5M7.5

1992 M7.4M7.4

2003 M7.3M7.3

2008 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 2018-10-16	2018-10-16 00:28	12 km	171 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 2018-09-10	2018-09-10 19:31	12 km	240 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M7.1 2018-08-29	2018-08-29 03:51	21 km	238 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.0 2017-11-20	2017-11-20 00:09	10 km	96 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M7.0 2017-11-19	2017-11-19 22:43	10 km	85 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.6 2017-11-19	2017-11-19 15:09	13 km	74 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 2017-11-19	2017-11-19 09:25	14 km	82 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.6 2017-11-01	2017-11-01 02:23	22 km	101 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.1 2017-11-01	2017-11-01 00:09	11 km	110 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 2017-10-31	2017-10-31 00:42	24 km	132 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.