M5.0 earthquake 242 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 242 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jun 3, 2015, 6:59 PM GMT+12 (06:59 UTC), 656 km (408 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-03 06:59:51 UTC
- Depth
- 656.0 km (407.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.635° S, 179.070° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.3 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- Stations used
- 175
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 671 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 572 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 592 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 4128 days ago · 656 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2281 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4114 days ago · 585 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4090 days ago · 619 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ljp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.