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Moderate quake recorded in New Caledonia

World Materials 16 November 2017 12:35 (UTC +04:00)
A moderate size earthquake with shallow depth source location occurred in the New Caledonia region this morning
Moderate quake recorded in New Caledonia

A moderate size earthquake with shallow depth source location occurred in the New Caledonia region this morning, The Fiji Times ONLINE reports.

But according to the Mineral Resources Department's Seismology Unit, it did not pose any threat to the Fiji region.

The 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.

The location of the offshore earthquake was estimated at 214km East-Northeast from Noumea in New Caledonia, 397km Southwest from Port Vila in Vanuatu, and 1127km West-Southwest from Suva.

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