M 7.4 earthquake – Fiji region
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Local time: Sep 29, 1957 · 02:40 (UTC+12:20)
MajorDeep · 587 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.4moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 587 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -20.541, -178.349334 km from Nuku‘alofa
- Energy released
- 1.9 megatons of TNTabout 127 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 127 km
- Significance
- 842USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1950
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Dec 14, 1950.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 1.9 megatons of TNT, 3,981 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
- 7.8 192 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga Oct 14, 1997
- 7.8 159 km W of Pangai, Tonga Dec 14, 1950
- 7.8 Fiji region Jan 1, 1919
- 7.7 Fiji region Aug 19, 2002
- 7.6 240 km E of Levuka, Fiji Mar 9, 1994
- 7.6 178 km E of Levuka, Fiji Feb 22, 1909
- 7.5 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga May 21, 1962