M4.8 earthquake 242 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.8 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 3:16 AM GMT+12

UTC

2014-09-28 15:16:39 UTC

Depth

636.0 km (395.2 mi), deep

Epicenter

17.961° S, 178.397° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 10.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

FROM_LOCATION

Station coverage gap

41°

Stations used

319

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast292 kmSE

After

1. 4.3244 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 29, 10:53 AM GMT+12 · 4389 days ago · 600 km deep · 8 km away
2. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 1, 3:23 AM GMT+12 · 4387 days ago · 583 km deep · 1 km away
3. 5.5222 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 1, 10:34 AM GMT+12 · 4387 days ago · 572 km deep · 25 km away
4. 4.5244 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 2, 7:42 PM GMT+12 · 4386 days ago · 562 km deep · 26 km away
5. 4.7189 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 3, 1:51 AM GMT+12 · 4385 days ago · 547 km deep · 57 km away
6. 4.4189 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 4, 12:39 AM GMT+12 · 4384 days ago · 544 km deep · 68 km away
7. 4.1219 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Oct 7, 10:12 AM GMT+12 · 4381 days ago · 607 km deep · 33 km away
8. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Oct 13, 4:09 AM GMT+12 · 4375 days ago · 557 km deep · 28 km away
9. 4.2199 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 18, 9:23 AM GMT+12 · 4370 days ago · 536 km deep · 84 km away
10. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 18, 10:05 PM GMT+12 · 4369 days ago · 588 km deep · 39 km away
11. 4.0199 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Oct 19, 3:54 PM GMT+12 · 4369 days ago · 534 km deep · 94 km away
12. 4.9243 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Oct 19, 9:32 PM GMT+12 · 4368 days ago · 598 km deep · 6 km away
13. 4.3219 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Oct 19, 11:46 PM GMT+12 · 4368 days ago · 582 km deep · 30 km away
14. 4.1225 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Oct 21, 10:59 AM GMT+12 · 4367 days ago · 605 km deep · 16 km away
15. 4.8197 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 23, 5:51 PM GMT+12 · 4365 days ago · 542 km deep · 79 km away
16. 4.1Fiji regionFri, Oct 24, 1:16 PM GMT+12 · 4364 days ago · 503 km deep · 100 km away
17. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 24, 9:20 PM GMT+12 · 4364 days ago · 593 km deep · 31 km away
18. 4.0208 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Oct 26, 10:44 AM GMT+12 · 4362 days ago · 552 km deep · 53 km away
19. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 2, 5:31 PM GMT+13 · 4355 days ago · 651 km deep · 19 km away
20. 4.1242 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Nov 4, 3:18 AM GMT+13 · 4353 days ago · 625 km deep · 8 km away
21. 4.1265 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Nov 7, 10:19 AM GMT+13 · 4350 days ago · 697 km deep · 44 km away
22. 4.3Fiji regionSat, Nov 8, 12:14 AM GMT+13 · 4349 days ago · 616 km deep · 63 km away
23. 4.2297 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 9, 4:13 AM GMT+13 · 4348 days ago · 590 km deep · 61 km away
24. 4.4267 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Nov 10, 1:50 AM GMT+13 · 4347 days ago · 514 km deep · 30 km away
25. 4.5227 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Nov 10, 5:31 AM GMT+13 · 4347 days ago · 539 km deep · 40 km away
26. 4.2208 km ESE of Labasa, FijiTue, Nov 11, 5:24 AM GMT+13 · 4346 days ago · 555 km deep · 99 km away
27. 4.5268 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Nov 12, 8:21 AM GMT+13 · 4345 days ago · 591 km deep · 31 km away
28. 4.3211 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Nov 13, 2:18 AM GMT+13 · 4344 days ago · 551 km deep · 47 km away
29. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Nov 14, 3:56 AM GMT+13 · 4343 days ago · 584 km deep · 82 km away
30. 4.2213 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Nov 14, 7:08 AM GMT+13 · 4343 days ago · 548 km deep · 66 km away
31. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 16, 10:32 AM GMT+13 · 4341 days ago · 578 km deep · 10 km away
32. 4.5221 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 16, 2:55 PM GMT+13 · 4341 days ago · 547 km deep · 24 km away
33. 4.4226 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Nov 17, 9:40 PM GMT+13 · 4340 days ago · 580 km deep · 22 km away
34. 4.4255 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Nov 19, 7:10 PM GMT+13 · 4338 days ago · 637 km deep · 19 km away
35. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Nov 26, 10:43 AM GMT+13 · 4331 days ago · 578 km deep · 26 km away
36. 4.1234 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Nov 27, 7:16 AM GMT+13 · 4330 days ago · 534 km deep · 10 km away
37. 4.2233 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Nov 27, 3:17 PM GMT+13 · 4330 days ago · 607 km deep · 23 km away

Before

1. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Sep 26, 10:07 PM GMT+12 · 4391 days ago · 636 km deep · 46 km away
2. 4.5224 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 25, 3:00 PM GMT+12 · 4393 days ago · 587 km deep · 24 km away
3. 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 23, 7:57 AM GMT+12 · 4395 days ago · 575 km deep · 63 km away
4. 4.4223 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Sep 21, 11:35 PM GMT+12 · 4396 days ago · 580 km deep · 24 km away
5. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Sep 21, 7:41 PM GMT+12 · 4397 days ago · 633 km deep · 18 km away
6. 4.9208 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Sep 20, 7:15 PM GMT+12 · 4398 days ago · 541 km deep · 55 km away
7. 4.2212 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Sep 20, 2:24 PM GMT+12 · 4398 days ago · 587 km deep · 31 km away
8. 4.3232 km ESE of Labasa, FijiWed, Sep 17, 4:35 PM GMT+12 · 4401 days ago · 568 km deep · 90 km away
9. 4.5236 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 16, 3:52 AM GMT+12 · 4402 days ago · 629 km deep · 15 km away
10. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 15, 5:12 AM GMT+12 · 4403 days ago · 585 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.3Fiji regionSat, Sep 13, 12:30 PM GMT+13 · 4405 days ago · 577 km deep · 99 km away
12. 4.3262 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Sep 13, 12:29 AM GMT+12 · 4405 days ago · 545 km deep · 21 km away
13. 4.2207 km ESE of Labasa, FijiWed, Sep 10, 8:21 AM GMT+12 · 4408 days ago · 567 km deep · 97 km away
14. 4.6237 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 9, 5:53 PM GMT+12 · 4409 days ago · 584 km deep · 5 km away
15. 4.8239 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Sep 5, 6:30 PM GMT+12 · 4413 days ago · 572 km deep · 34 km away
16. 4.3225 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Sep 5, 12:04 AM GMT+12 · 4413 days ago · 560 km deep · 32 km away
17. 4.1210 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Sep 3, 11:05 AM GMT+12 · 4415 days ago · 581 km deep · 44 km away
18. 4.2215 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 1, 6:58 PM GMT+12 · 4417 days ago · 623 km deep · 55 km away
19. 4.3225 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Aug 31, 9:38 PM GMT+12 · 4417 days ago · 554 km deep · 22 km away
20. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Aug 30, 10:38 AM GMT+12 · 4419 days ago · 589 km deep · 13 km away

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