Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 226 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 226 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, May 15, 2006, 6:09 AM GMT+12 (18:09 UTC), 617 km (383 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-05-14 18:09:34 UTC
Depth
616.5 km (383.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.039° S, 178.540° 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 usp000eh4d. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
172°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7443 days ago · 500 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 7442 days ago · 621 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.4211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7436 days ago · 529 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 7433 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.8Fiji region · 7431 days ago · 560 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7431 days ago · 524 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7430 days ago · 600 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.0203 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7429 days ago · 505 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7426 days ago · 393 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.8158 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7425 days ago · 545 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 6.1213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7422 days ago · 564 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 5.5231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7422 days ago · 576 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 4.6231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7420 days ago · 576 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.3212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7416 days ago · 571 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.8292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7416 days ago · 586 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7415 days ago · 623 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.2284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7413 days ago · 597 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7411 days ago · 572 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.6240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7408 days ago · 567 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.5229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7408 days ago · 486 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7403 days ago · 549 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.5216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7402 days ago · 517 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 4.3277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7397 days ago · 626 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 4.0254 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7395 days ago · 538 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 4.1234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7394 days ago · 570 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 4.0282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7390 days ago · 659 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.0208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7450 days ago · 539 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.1232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7451 days ago · 546 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.2281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7456 days ago · 578 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.3205 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7462 days ago · 488 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.2173 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7463 days ago · 680 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.1239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7464 days ago · 495 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.9245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7468 days ago · 500 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 5.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7470 days ago · 514 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7471 days ago · 608 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.7234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7474 days ago · 566 km deep · 11 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eh4d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC.