Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Aug 16, 2024, 11:36 PM GMT-12 (11:36 UTC), 620 km (385 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Aug 16, 2024, 11:36 PM GMT-12
UTC: 2024-08-17 11:36:29 UTC
Depth: 619.6 km (385.0 mi), deep
Epicenter: 20.951° S, 179.189° W
Region: Fiji
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
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.11 · 8 stations
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Preliminary

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 11.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.11
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 30°
Stations used: 103

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n7lt (also filed as usauto7000n7lt). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.