M5.0 Earthquake Recorded Near Fiji Islands Region

GEOFON GFZ reports M5.0 near Fiji Islands Region, with a 398.2 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-30T07:53:51.208Z

The event began at Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:10:21 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.0, 398.2 km catalog depth, and coordinates -18.070, -176.949.

The catalog location label is Fiji Islands Region; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a deep event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.14e+12 joules, or about 511 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.