A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes 80 km east-northeast of Tadine, New Caledonia, at a depth of 10 km on 26 September.
80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia · USGS-US6000TXPI
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · USGS NEIC. Issued 2026-09-25 21:23Z. First collected 2026-09-26 00:18Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-26 00:18Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. The parsed report position is -21.298, 168.610. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- USGS-US6000TXPI · this notice2026-09-25 · Listed in force
- USGS-US6000TXQI2026-09-25 · Listed in force
- issued
- 2026-09-25 21:23Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-28 21:23Z
- authority
- USGS NEIC
- issued by
- USGS NEIC
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -21.298, 168.610
- nearest port
- Noumea · 135 nm
- source
- USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · first seen 2026-09-26 00:18Z
Original warning text
80 KM ENE OF TADINE, NEW CALEDONIA. 1. EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 6.6 (MWW) IN 21.298S 168.610E, DEPTH 10 KM AT 252123Z SEP 26. 2. USGS EVENT US6000TXPI. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000txpi
Reading this warning
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · earthquake & tsunami bulletins
359 within 180 nm since 1997 · 6 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 61 km ene of tadine, new caledonia2026-09-25
- 89 km ese of isangel, vanuatu2026-09-05
- 93 km ssw of isangel, vanuatu2026-07-08
- 98 km wnw of isangel, vanuatu2026-03-20
- 277 km ese of tadine, new caledonia2026-01-19
- Earthquake magnitude 5.6 (mww) in 23.183S 170.808E, depth 11 km at 161208Z aug 252025-08-16
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- 61 km ene of tadine, new caledoniaQuakes · 10.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 earthquake & tsunami bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 04:49Z; source collection times vary.
Quakes
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