M5.0 Earthquake Recorded Near SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

EMSC Global reports M5.0 near SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS, with a 527.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-27T16:04:04.567Z

The event began at Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:31:43 GMT. EMSC Global reports magnitude 5.0, 527.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -23.814, -179.783.

The catalog location label is SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a deep event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.00e+12 joules, or about 477 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

EMSC Global has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.