M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 11, 2006, 9:19 AM GMT-12 (21:19 UTC), 591 km (367 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-11 21:19:34 UTC
- Depth
- 591.1 km (367.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.929° S, 179.456° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 usp000euyq. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7Fiji region · 7295 days ago · 650 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.9south of the Fiji Islands · 7280 days ago · 602 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.4south of the Fiji Islands · 7280 days ago · 421 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 7268 days ago · 550 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7267 days ago · 377 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7257 days ago · 593 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 7299 days ago · 602 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7300 days ago · 596 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7304 days ago · 539 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7306 days ago · 577 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7307 days ago · 571 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7323 days ago · 600 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000euyq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC.