M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 11:55 AM GMT+13 (22:55 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 291 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-10-25 22:55:44 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.965° S, 177.751° 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 usp000ew1c. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7278 days ago · 421 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6275 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7271 days ago · 460 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 527 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7256 days ago · 541 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7246 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7246 days ago · 336 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7242 days ago · 544 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.5291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7236 days ago · 572 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 7285 days ago · 404 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7294 days ago · 600 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.9292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7299 days ago · 451 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7301 days ago · 697 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9268 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7305 days ago · 646 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7310 days ago · 625 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7310 days ago · 600 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ew1c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.