A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:38:00 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 12:38:00 / November 21, 2025 @ 12:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 528.461 km (328 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.9624 East, latitude -24.1805 South, depth = 528.461 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rpjb. Event ids that are associated: us6000rpjb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: south of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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