Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 275 km east of Levuka, Fiji, on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 19:42:16 GMT. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the seismic event occurred at a significant depth of 541.617 km. Its epicenter was located at coordinates -17.9459 latitude and -178.0805 longitude.

The USGS, a scientific agency of the United States government, is a primary source for earthquake information globally. It monitors and reports on seismic activity worldwide, providing data such as magnitude, location, depth, and time of earthquakes. Magnitude, a measure of an earthquake's size, is determined from seismic wave amplitude recorded by seismographs.