A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 570.438 km (354 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:49:32 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qwut. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwut. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.8636 East, latitude -23.3801 South, depth = 570.438 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 06:49:32 / July 31, 2025 @ 6:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: south of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.