Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, May 6, 2015, 4:07 PM GMT+12 (04:07 UTC), 552 km (343 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 219 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-06 04:07:13 UTC
Depth
552.3 km (343.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.530° S, 178.758° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4154 days ago · 618 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.1262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4153 days ago · 583 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4152 days ago · 598 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.0120 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4146 days ago · 603 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.2218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4146 days ago · 572 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.2243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4141 days ago · 554 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.2211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 574 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4139 days ago · 429 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.5278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4138 days ago · 533 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4138 days ago · 541 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.6219 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4134 days ago · 577 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4134 days ago · 585 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.4238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4134 days ago · 615 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4133 days ago · 541 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.2200 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4133 days ago · 573 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.4232 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 4132 days ago · 562 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 4.4209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4131 days ago · 566 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.4232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4128 days ago · 566 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4126 days ago · 585 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4124 days ago · 577 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.3216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4123 days ago · 570 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 4.2209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4122 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 4.1231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4122 days ago · 561 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 4.0218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 4121 days ago · 587 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 4.0235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4120 days ago · 593 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4120 days ago · 570 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4118 days ago · 557 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 4.4237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4116 days ago · 624 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 4.2219 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4112 days ago · 582 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 4.6238 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4112 days ago · 576 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4171 days ago · 490 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4173 days ago · 591 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.3268 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4173 days ago · 620 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 4174 days ago · 512 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.6219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4175 days ago · 559 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.2194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4178 days ago · 541 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4178 days ago · 554 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4184 days ago · 506 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.2206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4184 days ago · 617 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.6217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4185 days ago · 555 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.7234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4191 days ago · 552 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4192 days ago · 638 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4195 days ago · 627 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.4238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4197 days ago · 588 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4198 days ago · 568 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002c4n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.