M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 6:36 PM GMT+12 (06:36 UTC), 364 km (226 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-24 06:36:34 UTC
- Depth
- 363.8 km (226.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.360° S, 177.141° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3288 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2049 days ago · 419 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8267 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2036 days ago · 378 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ddpg. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.