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Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, on Thursday, Feb 17, 2022 at 9:21 am (GMT +13) -

Strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake at 535 km depth

16 Feb 20:28 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 7 minutes.
16 Feb 20:29: Magnitude recalculated from 5.7 to 6.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 652.1 to 649.8 km (from 405 to 404 mi).
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22 Feb 21:02: Epicenter location corrected by 2.3 km (1.5 mi) towards NE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 16, 2022 20:21:06 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Feb 17, 2022 at 9:21 am (GMT +13)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.8
Depth	535.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	23.7722°S / 179.9837°W (South Pacific Ocean, Fiji)
Antipode	23.772°N / 0.016°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	3 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 26.7°C (80 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from SE
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10¹⁵ joules (278 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.4 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 14.9 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.8	535 km	South of the Fiji Islands	USGS
6.9	518 km	South of Fiji Islands	GFZ
6.8	531 km	SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS	EMSC
6.3	650 km	Fiji: New Zealand	GEONET (NZ)
6.8	525 km	South of Fiji Islands	GeoAu
6.3	324 km	Near North Shore	RENASS
6.8	544 km	South of Fiji Islands [Sea: Fiji]	INGV
6.8	535 km	South of Fiji Islands	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 9630 km / 5984 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu (571.4 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : felt it while sitting on a wooden chair at the dining table.... same experience by my kids sitting and playing games and wife in the bedroom | 14 users found this interesting.

Port douglas / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Three events, all almost exactly three mins apart. Each 3-4 seconds long, with sustained and slightly increasing power during the 3-4 seconds. Each almost identical. Whole house shook, metal components of house rattled in a sustained way, and hanging ceil | 11 users found this interesting.

Vaileka, Ra Province, Western (737.3 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) (reported through our app)

savusavu (704.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

Ba, fiji Islands / not felt (reported through our app)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (57 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 12, 2022 09:18 32 weeks ago	4.2 600 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Aug 9, 2022 09:41 33 weeks ago	4.4 543 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Aug 9, 2022 04:16 33 weeks ago	4.8 523 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Aug 5, 2022 06:39 33 weeks ago	4.5 570 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jul 27, 2022 16:16 35 weeks ago	5.7 545 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 27, 2022 04:32 35 weeks ago	4.7 547 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 27, 2022 01:49 35 weeks ago	5.0 486 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jul 26, 2022 06:04 35 weeks ago	4.5 468 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 23, 2022 20:16 35 weeks ago	4.4 515 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 22, 2022 05:53 35 weeks ago	4.4 528 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 11, 2022 08:33 37 weeks ago	4.4 519 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jul 10, 2022 19:21 37 weeks ago	4.5 527 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 10, 2022 03:21 37 weeks ago	4.7 635 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 9, 2022 17:39 37 weeks ago	4.4 538 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jul 1, 2022 23:23 38 weeks ago	4.1 523 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jun 26, 2022 09:49 39 weeks ago	3.9 563 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 23, 2022 15:02 40 weeks ago	4.6 514 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 17, 2022 08:50 40 weeks ago	4.5 600 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 16, 2022 07:44 41 weeks ago	4.6 513 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 15, 2022 22:17 41 weeks ago	4.5 532 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jun 6, 2022 17:26 42 weeks ago	4.4 550 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jun 4, 2022 08:12 42 weeks ago	4.6 537 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Jun 3, 2022 06:05 42 weeks ago	4.9 516 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 24, 2022 13:34 44 weeks ago	4.7 525 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
May 23, 2022 09:29 44 weeks ago	4.8 534 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
May 23, 2022 07:51 44 weeks ago	4.3 572 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
May 21, 2022 19:42 44 weeks ago	4.5 511 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 14, 2022 13:02 45 weeks ago	4.2 600 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 13, 2022 00:56 46 weeks ago	4.8 531 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 6, 2022 00:42 47 weeks ago	4.2 480 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 5, 2022 22:40 47 weeks ago	4.4 500 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
May 5, 2022 03:12 47 weeks ago	4.6 533 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
May 2, 2022 16:27 47 weeks ago	5.4 519 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Apr 26, 2022 14:34 48 weeks ago	4.4 545 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Apr 21, 2022 01:53 49 weeks ago	4.7 496 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Apr 14, 2022 07:26 50 weeks ago	4.4 569 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Apr 13, 2022 10:29 50 weeks ago	4.4 575 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Apr 11, 2022 15:46 50 weeks ago	4.5 501 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Apr 9, 2022 08:17 50 weeks ago	4.1 596 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Apr 1, 2022 05:07 51 weeks ago	4.4 546 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Mar 29, 2022 04:28 52 weeks ago	4.5 525 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Mar 25, 2022 19:02 1 year 0 weeks ago	4.7 509 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 25, 2022 19:02 1 year 0 weeks ago	5.0 508 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 24, 2022 07:28 1 year 0 weeks ago	4.5 534 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 20, 2022 16:06 1 year 1 weeks ago	4.5 514 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 20, 2022 13:51 1 year 1 weeks ago	4.8 533 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 18, 2022 20:57 1 year 1 weeks ago	4.5 532 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 18, 2022 03:11 1 year 1 weeks ago	4.3 556 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 16, 2022 10:46 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.7 524 km	South of the Fiji Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 18:13 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.6 599 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 15, 2022 18:13 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.9 547 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 10, 2022 22:11 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.9 554 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 10, 2022 06:03 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.5 519 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Mar 8, 2022 01:54 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.6 553 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Mar 5, 2022 03:11 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.5 600 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Feb 24, 2022 16:34 1 year 4 weeks ago	4.4 502 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Feb 22, 2022 11:05 1 year 5 weeks ago	4.5 500 km	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More

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