Quakes

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes 61 km east-northeast of Tadine, New Caledonia, at depth 10 km on 26 September at 2339 UTC.

61 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia · USGS-US6000TXQI

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Listed in force

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Source and dates: USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · USGS NEIC. Issued 2026-09-25 23:39Z. 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: 61 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. The parsed report position is -21.375, 168.445. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Coral Sea →

issued: 2026-09-25 23:39Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-09-28 23:39Z
authority: USGS NEIC
issued by: USGS NEIC
sea: Coral Sea
position: -21.375, 168.445
nearest port: Noumea · 124 nm
source: USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · first seen 2026-09-26 00:18Z

Original warning text

61 KM ENE OF TADINE, NEW CALEDONIA.
1. EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.5 (MWW) IN 21.375S 168.445E, DEPTH 10 KM AT 252339Z SEP 26.
2. USGS EVENT US6000TXQI. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000txqi

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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

346 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.

80 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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

80 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 01:10Z; source collection times vary.

Quakes

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