M 5.1 earthquake – south of the Fiji Islands
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Local time: Nov 10, 1994 · 02:41 (UTC+12)
ModerateDeep · 685 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.1body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 685 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -23.199, 178.787565 km from Suva
- Energy released
- 674 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
- 400USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 4, 1994.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 674 tons of TNT, 1.4 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.