Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 1:03 AM GMT+13 (12:03 UTC), 560 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecast More in Fiji

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time: Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 1:03 AM GMT+13
UTC: 2018-02-07 12:03:26 UTC
Depth: 559.5 km (347.7 mi), deep
Epicenter: 20.594° S, 178.216° W
Region: Fiji
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.02
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 49°
Stations used: 140

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nuku‘alofa, TongaPopulation 22,400. Forecast319 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ci7d (also filed as iscgem611835935). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.