Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Dec 3, 2005, 10:57 PM GMT+12 (10:57 UTC), 590 km (367 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 216 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2005-12-03 10:57:58 UTC
Depth
590.2 km (366.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.837° S, 178.478° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000e5e2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
181°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7607 days ago · 532 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.1197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7606 days ago · 516 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.6230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7605 days ago · 494 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.5235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7604 days ago · 527 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 4.5218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7603 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.4221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7603 days ago · 609 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.4215 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 7602 days ago · 543 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.7216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7600 days ago · 543 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.6295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7599 days ago · 551 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.9272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7590 days ago · 442 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7588 days ago · 537 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7580 days ago · 549 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.5216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7580 days ago · 460 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 470 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.1238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7577 days ago · 571 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.4280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7577 days ago · 599 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7574 days ago · 516 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.1268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7568 days ago · 619 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 3.7202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7565 days ago · 533 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7562 days ago · 571 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.8229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7557 days ago · 583 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7553 days ago · 584 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7611 days ago · 578 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7611 days ago · 562 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.8252 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7611 days ago · 537 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.8237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7614 days ago · 566 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.8Fiji region · 7614 days ago · 507 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7616 days ago · 578 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.8Fiji region · 7617 days ago · 360 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7617 days ago · 524 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.5231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7622 days ago · 575 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7628 days ago · 568 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.9212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7631 days ago · 643 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.7281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7633 days ago · 462 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.7250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7633 days ago · 491 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 3.8211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7635 days ago · 550 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.0198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7635 days ago · 497 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7636 days ago · 551 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.7138 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7637 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 3.6225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7639 days ago · 500 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e5e2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.