Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 29, 2006, 6:55 PM GMT+12 (06:55 UTC), 421 km (261 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 291 km ESE 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
2006-10-29 06:55:51 UTC
Depth
420.5 km (261.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.758° S, 177.907° 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 usp000ew7n. 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
119°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7273 days ago · 583 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7271 days ago · 594 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.6275 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7271 days ago · 460 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7265 days ago · 573 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.2271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7256 days ago · 541 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7247 days ago · 600 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 7246 days ago · 336 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 7242 days ago · 544 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 5.5291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7237 days ago · 572 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 7282 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 7285 days ago · 404 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7290 days ago · 446 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 7294 days ago · 600 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.2246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7299 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.9292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7299 days ago · 451 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.9267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7302 days ago · 697 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.9268 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7306 days ago · 646 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ew7n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.