M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 10, 1981, 11:05 AM GMT-12 (23:05 UTC), 627 km (390 mi) below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-10 23:05:42 UTC
- Depth
- 627.1 km (389.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.403° S, 179.315° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001emj. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.