M4.0 earthquake 296 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 296 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 10:29 AM GMT+12 (22:29 UTC), 512 km (318 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-09 22:29:19 UTC
- Depth
- 512.5 km (318.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.536° S, 179.603° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 13.9 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 590 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 598 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 601 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4158 days ago · 559 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4148 days ago · 615 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 614 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000270z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.