M5.8 earthquake 259 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 259 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Mar 24, 2007, 10:30 AM GMT+12 (22:30 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-23 22:30:55 UTC
- Depth
- 613.1 km (381.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.858° S, 178.371° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.79 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.8 | 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 usp000f78s. 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 55°, dip 74°, rake -171°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 323°, dip 81°, rake -16°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 180
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7130 days ago · 566 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7123 days ago · 590 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7123 days ago · 567 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7122 days ago · 556 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 7121 days ago · 547 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7094 days ago · 554 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5208 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7087 days ago · 627 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7087 days ago · 553 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7083 days ago · 575 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.6232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7139 days ago · 569 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.9271 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7150 days ago · 642 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7156 days ago · 569 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7158 days ago · 517 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7160 days ago · 589 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f78s (also filed as gcmtc200703232230a, gcmt20070323223055, iscgem11702613). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.