M 5.0 earthquake – Fiji region
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Local time: Feb 2, 1995 · 22:32 (UTC+12)
ModerateDeep · 686 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 686 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -18.291, -177.703374 km from Labasa
- Energy released
- 477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 385USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jan 22, 1995.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Fiji.
- 8.2 2018 Fiji Earthquake Aug 19, 2018
- 7.8 159 km W of Pangai, Tonga Dec 14, 1950
- 7.8 Fiji region Jan 1, 1919
- 7.6 240 km E of Levuka, Fiji Mar 9, 1994
- 7.6 178 km E of Levuka, Fiji Feb 22, 1909
- 7.5 158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga Mar 24, 2026
- 7.5 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga May 21, 1962
- 7.4 Fiji region Aug 5, 1996