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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake recorded south of Fiji Islands
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has been reported south of the Fiji Islands. One source carries the initial seismic measurement. It is not yet known whether the tremor caused damage or if any tsunami threat was generated.
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WhereFiji
-17.809, 178.208 ±400 km
First reported5 days ago
Published2026-10-20 23:48 UTC
Sources1
How this travelled.
Reports1Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 5.1 earthquake recorded south of Fiji Islands. 2026-10-20T23:48:56.714Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6693. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-20/m-5-1-south-of-fiji-islands-04f4a8d4
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