Magnitude 6.4 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 16:01:39 UTC
News Release
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred about 85 km (55 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia or 355 km (220 miles) WSW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji at 9:01 AM MST, Nov 22, 2008 (Nov 23 at 3:01 AM local time in Loyalty Islands). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. There have been no reports of damage at this time.
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
