M5.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 3, 2006, 8:25 PM GMT+12 (08:25 UTC), 354 km (220 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-03 08:25:59 UTC
- Depth
- 353.8 km (219.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.639° S, 177.286° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.29 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000ejkm. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 225°, dip 24°, rake 177°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 318°, dip 89°, rake 66°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 112
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7416 days ago · 623 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7413 days ago · 597 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7404 days ago · 549 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0289 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7403 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejkm (also filed as gcmtb200606030825a, gcmt20060603082559, iscgem8443177). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.