Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 14, 2015, 9:56 AM GMT+13 (20:56 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-03-13 20:56:40 UTC
Depth
579.3 km (360.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.686° S, 177.813° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 20.0 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4221 days ago · 618 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4219 days ago · 622 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4219 days ago · 622 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4215 days ago · 517 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4214 days ago · 547 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4213 days ago · 581 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.1267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4209 days ago · 593 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 4206 days ago · 568 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4205 days ago · 436 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.4298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4204 days ago · 566 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 268 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 411 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.1231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4201 days ago · 604 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 4196 days ago · 516 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4195 days ago · 627 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 562 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4192 days ago · 638 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 4185 days ago · 571 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4184 days ago · 506 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4180 days ago · 632 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 4177 days ago · 556 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 562 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4171 days ago · 490 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 4165 days ago · 471 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 604 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4232 days ago · 597 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 4236 days ago · 405 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4236 days ago · 468 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 4242 days ago · 576 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 5.1250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4242 days ago · 594 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001n4f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC.