M4.9 earthquake 251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jun 3, 2015, 7:00 PM GMT+12 (07:00 UTC), 671 km (417 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-03 07:00:53 UTC
- Depth
- 670.5 km (416.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.748° S, 179.071° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.04 · 198 stations |
| 5.47 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 9.6 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 175
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 578 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 572 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 592 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 4127 days ago · 656 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2281 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4114 days ago · 585 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4090 days ago · 619 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 5.0242 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 656 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4147 days ago · 608 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4157 days ago · 559 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 601 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ljy (also filed as iscgem607277940). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.