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Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes near New Caledonia in the Pacific, USGS reports

By Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2026 | 4:40 PM

Sept 26 (Reuters) – 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.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris ​Reese)