Earthquake details

Friday, March 5, 1965 Earthquake

The earthquake hit south of the Fiji Islands on Friday, March 5, 1965 at 19:36 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Suva, about 1073.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -177.102 and latitude -26.851.

Magnitude 5.8
Alert Strong
Depth 41.6 km
Coordinates -26.851, -177.102
UTC time 1965-03-05 19:36:48.760
Location south of the Fiji Islands
Country south of the Fiji Islands
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1965-03-05

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