M5.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jun 24, 2007, 7:35 AM GMT+12 (19:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
- 2007-06-23 19:35:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.927° S, 177.073° 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 usp000fenu. 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 58°, dip 58°, rake 7°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 324°, dip 84°, rake 147°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 7041 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.2295 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7041 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 7041 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.4288 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7040 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 7040 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7040 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7033 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7008 days ago · 293 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.1295 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7006 days ago · 390 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6990 days ago · 357 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fenu (also filed as gcmtc200706231935a, gcmt20070623193524, iscgem12686637). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.