M5.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 8, 2006, 7:37 PM GMT+13 (06:37 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-11-08 06:37:39 UTC
- Depth
- 549.6 km (341.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.397° S, 178.970° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.13 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | 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 usp000ewvn. 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
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 279°, dip 32°, rake -92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 101°, dip 58°, rake -89°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 152
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Fiji region · 7265 days ago · 621 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 7259 days ago · 599 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7256 days ago · 593 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 581 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7221 days ago · 614 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7217 days ago · 565 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 7269 days ago · 582 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7286 days ago · 656 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7287 days ago · 585 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 657 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7295 days ago · 650 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 7295 days ago · 591 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ewvn (also filed as gcmtb200611080637a, gcmt20061108063739, iscgem9198652). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.