M4.5 earthquake 289 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 289 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 4:48 PM GMT+12 (04:48 UTC), 661 km (411 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-22 04:48:55 UTC
- Depth
- 661.3 km (410.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.125° S, 178.985° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 3830 days ago · 636 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3828 days ago · 576 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3814 days ago · 600 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3813 days ago · 604 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3809 days ago · 611 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3799 days ago · 594 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3797 days ago · 564 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3788 days ago · 562 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3854 days ago · 611 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3856 days ago · 629 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3863 days ago · 595 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3864 days ago · 586 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 3864 days ago · 608 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3872 days ago · 557 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bnb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.