M5.8 earthquake 214 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 214 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, May 13, 2007, 11:26 PM GMT+12 (11:26 UTC), 669 km (415 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-13 11:26:42 UTC
- Depth
- 668.6 km (415.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.513° S, 179.329° 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 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.81 | 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 usp000fbwn. 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
- Oblique reverse
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 61°, dip 46°, rake 121°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 200°, dip 52°, rake 62°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 415
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 7041 days ago · 630 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7036 days ago · 571 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7025 days ago · 565 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.5208 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7087 days ago · 627 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.6191 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7089 days ago · 682 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6191 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7089 days ago · 592 km deep · 40 km away
- 6.1206 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7089 days ago · 688 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.6206 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7090 days ago · 701 km deep · 11 km away
- 6.5203 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7090 days ago · 676 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbwn (also filed as gcmtc200705131126a, gcmt20070513112642, iscgem12654377). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.