M5.5

USGS earthquake · M5.5southeast of the Loyalty Islands

🇳🇨 - New Caledonia

· 1 hour ago

Map centered on the earthquake at southeast of the Loyalty Islands, with a marker at its epicenterOpen in Apple Maps ↗
Shaking intensity
  1. III
  2. IV
  3. V
  4. VI

Strongest contour: Strong (VI). Modelled by USGS ShakeMap; contours show where shaking was expected to reach each level, not damage.

Depth10.0 km
Origin timeSep 7, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC
Coordinates-23.419, 171.677
Tsunami flagNot reported
Magnitude scaleMoment magnitude
SolutionReviewed by a seismologist
Who felt it

People in the shaking

In the modelled area1
At light shaking or aboveNone modelled
  1. IIIWeak1

Past earthquakes here. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake 388 km sw of this event struck UK on March 25, 2007 (UTC), with estimated population exposures of 22,000 at intensity VI and 1,000 at intensity VII, with no reported fatalities.

Local buildings. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are informal (metal, timber, GI etc.) and wood construction.

Population and intensity modelled by USGS PAGER. Estimates, not a count of people affected.

Official source

U.S. Geological Survey

Terremoto preserves this event snapshot for a stable public link. USGS remains the authoritative source for revisions and scientific details. Shaking contours and population estimates come from USGS ShakeMap and PAGER, which revise them as more data arrives.

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