Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 10:43 PM GMT+12 (10:43 UTC), 610 km (379 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mww), moderate
Local time: Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 10:43 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2019-10-21 10:43:34 UTC
Depth: 610.4 km (379.3 mi), deep
Epicenter: 20.692° S, 179.015° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.3 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 278°, dip 31°, rake -45°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 49°, dip 69°, rake -113°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 9.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.11
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 21°
Stations used: 133

Nearest places

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

Nasinu, FijiPopulation 92,043. Forecast390 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005wp0 (also filed as iscgem616970157). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.