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M6.8 earthquake, New Caledonia, 2003-12-26

MagnitudeM6.8mwc

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Depth10 km

Time (UTC)2003-12-26 21:26

Rank in 200324 / 154among M6+

Rank since 19002422 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

168 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia · -22.27, 169.31

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2003-12-27	2003-12-27 04:55	10 km	164 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M7.3 2003-12-27	2003-12-27 16:00	10 km	201 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 2003-12-27	2003-12-27 22:38	10 km	202 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 2003-12-27	2003-12-27 22:55	10 km	195 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.5 2003-12-28	2003-12-28 05:15	10 km	235 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.5 2003-12-28	2003-12-28 23:47	10 km	211 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.7 2003-12-29	2003-12-29 11:48	27 km	206 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.0 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 08:07	10 km	211 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.1 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 08:09	10 km	185 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.8 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 08:13	10 km	201 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.4 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 08:21	10 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M5.5 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 09:45	10 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M7.1 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 16:23	22 km	202 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.1 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 16:34	10 km	232 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.6 2004-01-03	2004-01-03 16:38	10 km	216 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

2003 M7.3M7.3

2008 M7.3M7.3

1906 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2003-12-25	2003-12-25 23:09	10 km	190 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.5 2003-12-25	2003-12-25 20:42	10 km	183 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.4 2003-09-07	2003-09-07 13:19	33 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.3 2003-04-27	2003-04-27 16:03	77 km	163 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.3 2001-02-28	2001-02-28 13:05	10 km	235 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 2001-02-28	2001-02-28 12:30	10 km	245 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.1 1999-05-22	1999-05-22 10:08	33 km	145 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1999-04-02	1999-04-02 17:05	10 km	120 km WSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.4 1999-02-22	1999-02-22 01:00	33 km	187 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.0 1998-07-31	1998-07-31 12:48	33 km	211 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.