Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:00 PM GMT+12 (08:00 UTC), 394 km (245 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-07-28 08:00:14 UTC
Depth
394.2 km (244.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.462° S, 177.503° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
104

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 430 days ago · 545 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.2281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 416 days ago · 609 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.1267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 404 days ago · 583 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.1265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 402 days ago · 558 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.4262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 397 days ago · 539 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.7245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 393 days ago · 558 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.7299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 384 days ago · 629 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 384 days ago · 586 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 437 days ago · 590 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 443 days ago · 363 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 445 days ago · 383 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.5286 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 447 days ago · 414 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 458 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.0287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 462 days ago · 628 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qvkt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.