M4.5 earthquake 71 km NE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 71 km NE of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 8:23 PM GMT+12 (08:23 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 127 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-29 08:23:52 UTC
- Depth
- 583.3 km (362.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.541° S, 179.707° E
- 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 12.5 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 91
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.456 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3642 days ago · 562 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0127 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3633 days ago · 653 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1131 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3633 days ago · 640 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3138 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3633 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.561 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 3619 days ago · 580 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006tr3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.