OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US6000U4YR

Magnitude 5.5, 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

Occurred 5 hours ago (2026-10-26 10:13 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 2 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake, 642 km deep, at 26 Oct 10:13 UTC. USGS places it "283 km E of Levuka, Fiji".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.5 · 2026-10-26 10:13 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.6 on 8 Nov 2025 ("Fiji region"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.5 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS

Epicentre at -18.283, -178.011 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us6000u4yr · reviewed · origin 2026-10-26 10:13 UTC · record updated 2026-10-26 12:19 UTC · -18.283, -178.011 · depth 641.8 km · significance 465Occurred 5 hours ago · record revised 2 hours ago · fetched 2026-10-26 14:48 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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