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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2026/03/20 13:30
Universal datetime 2026/03/20 02:30
Latitude -19.39 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 168.46 ° ± 4 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  381 93060
Suva  1062 77366
Honiara  1432 56298
Bundaberg  1768 52472
Nandi  962 42284
Caloundra  1769 38706
Port Vila  184 35901
Labasa  1203 24187
Nukualofa  1715 22400
Caboolture  1799 21478
Maryborough  1756 20678
Bongaree  1781 13649
Luganville  450 13397
Gympie  1785 11027
Gizo  1770 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 66.17 °
Number of stations used 32
Number of phases used 32

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 02:33:40.67 2.96 319.21 12.91 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:35:05.37 1.14 76.88 19.7 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:35:18.87 1.48 264.32 20.89 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:35:18.74 -0.43 12.43 21.2 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:35:38.69 0.34 292.85 22.88 Automatic
II TAU P 02:36:39.19 0.66 212.45 29.49 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:36:59.77 -2.25 263.17 32.06 Automatic
IU XMAS P 02:38:08.14 0.96 61.17 39.76 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:38:54.32 -0.86 259 45.56 Automatic
IU NWAO P 02:39:08.19 -1.62 242.67 47.44 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:39:26.37 0.65 280.28 49.52 Automatic
G DRV P 02:39:33.30 -0.66 194.12 50.7 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:40:31.64 1.13 180.42 58.47 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:40:38.57 -0.32 203.27 59.64 Automatic
G CCD P 02:40:43.70 -1.27 192.08 60.54 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:40:56.9 -2.54 332.93 62.81 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:41:40.2 0.2 325.5 69.16 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:41:48.77 -1.23 180.03 70.55 Automatic
II RPN P 02:42:17.34 2.33 113.86 74.62 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:42:33.22 -0.76 295.04 78.14 Automatic
G PAF P 02:42:51.10 2.95 220.81 80.58 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:43:01.32 -0.52 19.71 83.67 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:43:16.37 -1.39 323.84 86.75 Automatic
II PFO P 02:43:28.39 -0.54 53.6 88.95 Automatic
IU COR P 02:43:29.97 0.86 41.42 89.08 Automatic
II PALK P 02:43:38.57 2.28 277.6 90.31 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:43:32.32 -3.31 17.05 90.62 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:43:46.87 -0.23 56.64 92.83 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:44:05.67 -0.9 55.39 97.12 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:44:26.22 -0.12 47.07 101.63 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:44:25.82 -0.69 315.77 101.68 Automatic
II KURK P 02:44:42.4 1.69 319.09 104.79 Automatic