M5.0 Earthquake Recorded Near South of Fiji Islands
GEOFON GFZ reports M5.0 near South of Fiji Islands, with a 134.8 km catalog depth.
The event began at Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:17:05 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.0, 134.8 km catalog depth, and coordinates -24.510, -177.291.
The catalog location label is South of Fiji Islands; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth 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.
GEOFON GFZ 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.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.0
- 134.8 km catalog depth
- 2.00e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:17:05 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- GEOFON GFZ monitoring record