M 4.9 in Fiji on 07 Feb 2025 07:03 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 1466670
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.5688 , -179.7474
Event Date: 07 Feb 2025 07:03 UTC
07 Feb 2025 19:03 Local
Exposed Population:
50 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2025 09:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000pc21 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - South of the Fiji Islands on Saturday, .. 2/8/2025 10:39:00 AM.

Mag. 6 or higher: 0.1 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 10.4 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 5.2 quakes per year; Mag. 4 or higher: 114 quakes per year (or 9.5 quakes per month) Mag. 3 or higher: 115 quakes per year (or 9.6 quakes per month) Mag.
...(more)
Strong earthquakes strike Indonesia, Fiji 2/7/2025 4:22:00 PM.

ISLAMABAD. Two powerful earthquakes separately struck Fiji and Indonesia on Friday. While a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia''s Sumatra Island early Friday, another 6.0 magnitude earthquake jolted Fiji Islands in the after
...(more)
Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Fiji: New Zealand on Saturday, Feb 8, 202.. 2/7/2025 2:14:00 PM.

Seismic station: Raoul, Kermadec Islands (RAO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 580 km / 361 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves ar
...(more)
6.0-magnitude quake hits south of Fiji Islands 2/7/2025 12:53:00 PM.

SUVA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 22:27 local time on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage. The epicenter, wit
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),