A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 259 km E of Levuka, Fiji (161 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/25 / 2025-12-29 02:43:48 / December 29, 2025 @ 2:43 am. Exact location, longitude -178.2385° West, latitude -18.1779° South, depth = 546.256 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:43:48 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rlan. Unique identifier: us7000rlan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 546.256 km (339 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 259 km E of Levuka, Fiji.

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