Shallow magnitude 6.6 quake strikes near New Caledonia in the Pacific, USGS reports Bipasha Dey Reuters Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:22 UTC
Bipasha Dey Reuters Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:22 UTC
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the waters near France's Pacific island of New Caledonia on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake was recorded at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), USGS said . The agency had earlier registered the quake at magnitude 7 at a depth of 17.1 km. The US Tsunami Warning System said the earthquake posed no tsunami threat to Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.