Earthquake details

Thursday, August 1, 1968 Earthquake

The earthquake hit south of the Fiji Islands on Thursday, August 1, 1968 at 00:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Suva, about 1070.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -177.090 and latitude -26.822.

Magnitude 5.7
Alert Strong
Depth 127.2 km
Coordinates -26.822, -177.090
UTC time 1968-08-01 00:14:17.260
Location south of the Fiji Islands
Country south of the Fiji Islands
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1968-08-01

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