Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Fiji on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 03:10 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nadi (Fiji - FJ), about 208.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 176.196 and latitude -19.270.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-19.270, 176.196
UTC time	2017-01-04 03:10:50.990

Location	Nasinu
Country	Fiji (FJ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-01-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nadi	208.0 km
Lautoka	226.8 km
Suva	266.8 km
Nasinu	278.5 km
Port Vila	849.3 km
Noumea	1067.9 km
Apia	1419.2 km
Whangarei	1841.7 km
Auckland	1961.8 km
Papatoetoe	1974.5 km
Manukau	1977.0 km
Tauranga	2050.0 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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