M6.1 earthquake 116 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 116 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Feb 25, 2006, 2:15 AM GMT+12 (14:15 UTC), 622 km (387 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-24 14:15:45 UTC
- Depth
- 622.4 km (386.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.995° S, 179.590° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 6.09 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 6.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
| 5.66 | Me, energy | Choy, USGS energy magnitude | Reviewed |
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 usp000eart. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 58°, dip 31°, rake -161°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 312°, dip 80°, rake -60°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- Stations used
- 387
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4151 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7528 days ago · 620 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.9133 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0120 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5133 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7528 days ago · 606 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1129 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7528 days ago · 605 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7526 days ago · 200 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6128 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7524 days ago · 610 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.6192 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7497 days ago · 538 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eart (also filed as choy20060224141545, gcmtc200602241415a, gcmt20060224141545, iscgem8106597). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC.