M5.4 earthquake 235 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 235 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Jan 31, 1987, 6:26 PM GMT+12 (06:26 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 217 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-31 06:26:17 UTC
- Depth
- 585.7 km (363.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.036° S, 178.461° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14465 days ago · 566 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14465 days ago · 570 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14464 days ago · 663 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14460 days ago · 623 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14459 days ago · 604 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14442 days ago · 541 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14441 days ago · 593 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14441 days ago · 604 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5258 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14432 days ago · 476 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7267 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14428 days ago · 641 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 5.2257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14479 days ago · 644 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14485 days ago · 577 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.9236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14494 days ago · 597 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14498 days ago · 603 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.2210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14500 days ago · 551 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14501 days ago · 582 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14503 days ago · 574 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000322a (also filed as gcmtb013187b, gcmt19870131062617, iscgem477663). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.