A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Labasa in Fiji on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/10/25 / 2025-10-28 06:27:21 / October 28, 2025 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnya. Unique identifier: us6000rnya. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:27:21 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 178.5482° East, latitude -16.1351° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Lambasa (c. 27 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lambasa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km WNW of Labasa, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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