Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 10:04 PM GMT+12 (10:04 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mww), moderate
Local time
UTC
2021-08-31 10:04:53 UTC
Depth
550.4 km (342.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.086° S, 178.254° W
Region
Fiji
Felt reports
2
Strongest shaking
I, not felt shaking
PAGER alert
Green
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
I, not felt shaking
Peak ground acceleration
0.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
-4.7 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
Deaths: estimated chance of each range
RangeChance
Under 165%
1 to 1030%
10 to 1004%
100 to 1,000Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000Under 1%
Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USDChance
Under 165%
1 to 1030%
10 to 1004%
100 to 1,000Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000Under 1%

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.1 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
129

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f65t (also filed as iscgem621237605). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.