OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TW8R

Magnitude 6.1, Fiji region.

Occurred 54 minutes ago (2026-11-05 17:21 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 14 minutes ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake, 541 km deep, at 5 Nov 17:21 UTC. USGS places it "Fiji region".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 6.1 · 2026-11-05 17:21 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 6.2 on 10 Feb 2026 ("Fiji region"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 6.1 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS

Epicentre at -21.169, -178.646 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000tw8r · reviewed · origin 2026-11-05 17:21 UTC · record updated 2026-11-05 18:01 UTC · -21.169, -178.646 · depth 540.8 km · significance 572Occurred 54 minutes ago · record revised 14 minutes ago · fetched 2026-11-05 18:15 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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