M4.5 earthquake 271 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 271 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Mar 10, 1987, 4:00 PM GMT+12 (04:00 UTC), 593 km (369 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 267 km ESE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-10 04:00:11 UTC
- Depth
- 593.2 km (368.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.204° S, 178.120° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14442 days ago · 604 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5258 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14433 days ago · 476 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7267 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14429 days ago · 641 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14419 days ago · 597 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14396 days ago · 634 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.5Fiji region · 14391 days ago · 385 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7203 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14384 days ago · 657 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14384 days ago · 595 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.8285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14443 days ago · 541 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14459 days ago · 604 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14461 days ago · 623 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14464 days ago · 663 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14465 days ago · 570 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.7217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14465 days ago · 566 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000335c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.