M 5 in Fiji on 01 Jun 2026 05:16 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1543601
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 568 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.1208 , -178.1836
Event Date: 01 Jun 2026 05:16 UTC
01 Jun 2026 17:16 Local
Exposed Population:
5 thousand in MMI I
Inserted at: 01 Jun 2026 05:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sps9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Earthquake of magnitude 5 hits Fiji 6/1/2026 6:18:00 AM.

SUVA, 11th May, 2026 (WAM) -- A 5-magnitude earthquake struck the area south of the Fiji Islands today.The German Research Centre for Geosciences said the earthquake was centred at latitude 23.46 degrees south and longitude 179.62 degrees w
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),