M4.7 earthquake 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Jun 11, 1977, 11:46 PM GMT+12 (11:46 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-06-11 11:46:15 UTC
- Depth
- 583.0 km (362.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.984° S, 178.537° 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.
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17999 days ago · 574 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.9232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17991 days ago · 579 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17986 days ago · 607 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17980 days ago · 618 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.0261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17978 days ago · 464 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8163 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 17969 days ago · 596 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.8242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17968 days ago · 557 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17964 days ago · 596 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8204 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17949 days ago · 552 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.1213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17942 days ago · 562 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 5.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18002 days ago · 532 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18005 days ago · 609 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.4219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18017 days ago · 578 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18019 days ago · 571 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4266 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 18022 days ago · 568 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 18030 days ago · 628 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000p8d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.