Fiji earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 285 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 285 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Apr 22, 2006, 7:03 AM GMT+12 (19:03 UTC), 514 km (319 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 231 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-21 19:03:05 UTC
Depth
513.8 km (319.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.357° S, 177.999° 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 usp000ef6w. 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

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7468 days ago · 500 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.3205 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7462 days ago · 488 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.2281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7455 days ago · 578 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.1232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7451 days ago · 546 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7447 days ago · 617 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 7442 days ago · 621 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.8Fiji region · 7436 days ago · 466 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 7433 days ago · 602 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.8Fiji region · 7431 days ago · 560 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7430 days ago · 524 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7430 days ago · 600 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7425 days ago · 393 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 5.5231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7422 days ago · 576 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.6231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7420 days ago · 576 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.8292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7415 days ago · 586 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7415 days ago · 623 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.2284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7412 days ago · 597 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7411 days ago · 572 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7471 days ago · 608 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.7234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7474 days ago · 566 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 7474 days ago · 537 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 7477 days ago · 551 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7479 days ago · 484 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.0288 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7480 days ago · 350 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.8Fiji region · 7481 days ago · 570 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7482 days ago · 500 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 7484 days ago · 579 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.5231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7484 days ago · 574 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7486 days ago · 558 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.1264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7486 days ago · 580 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.6286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7487 days ago · 548 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 3.8226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7487 days ago · 526 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.1218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7491 days ago · 584 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.9Fiji region · 7496 days ago · 500 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ef6w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.