M5.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 2:43 PM GMT+12 (02:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-17 02:43:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.151° S, 177.134° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Felt reports
- 1
- Strongest shaking
- I, not felt shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.08 · 15 stations |
| 5.63 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.6 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 51°, dip 74°, rake 10°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 318°, dip 80°, rake 164°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 136
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6Fiji region · 2635 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1270 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2628 days ago · 387 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0285 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2612 days ago · 510 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2596 days ago · 410 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3294 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2579 days ago · 459 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004lzw (also filed as iscgem616064214). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC.