Fiji earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 248 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 248 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Nov 23, 1983, 5:48 PM GMT+12 (05:48 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.6 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Nov 23, 1983, 5:48 PM GMT+12
UTC: 1983-11-23 05:48:33 UTC
Depth: 606.7 km (377.0 mi), deep
Epicenter: 18.105° S, 178.333° W
Region: Fiji
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 46 stations
5.73	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.7	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

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Nearest places

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Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast307 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002004 (also filed as gcmtb112383a, gcmt19831123054833, iscgem565363). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.