Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 5.3 quake in New Caledonia near La Roche, Maré, Loyalty Islands, only 15 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Tuesday, January 20th, 2026, at 3:39 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 79. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in La Roche (pop. 550) located 127 km from the epicenter.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jan 20, 2026 03:39 pm (GMT +11) local time (20 Jan 2026 04:39 GMT)Magnitude: 5.3Depth: 79.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 22.16°S / 169.01°E (New Caledonia)Primary data source: BMKG