Fiji earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 127 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 127 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 7:49 PM GMT+12 (07:49 UTC), 653 km (406 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 7:49 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2016-10-20 07:49:42 UTC
Depth: 653.5 km (406.0 mi), deep
Epicenter: 17.975° S, 179.480° 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
5.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.048 · 139 stations
5.48	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 11.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 75°
Stations used: 165

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast211 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007fjb (also filed as iscgem609610717). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC.