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Earthquake · 14 Oct 2026

M5.9 earthquake — Fiji region

Event
Earthquake
Magnitude
M5.9 (Moderate)
Severity
High
Time
(20 days ago)
Location
Fiji region
Country
Open ocean / not assigned
Coordinates
-20.990°, -178.771°
Source
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
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Location of this event (ringed) with other events within about 333 km. Approximate position.

What this means

This was a moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.9. Can damage poorly built structures near the epicenter, while well-designed buildings usually suffer slight damage at most. Roughly 1,300 earthquakes of this size occur worldwide each year.

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.

Other events within 300 km (±14 days)

Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.

Source and attribution

Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗

GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:46 UTC.

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