Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 120 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 120 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, May 29, 2015, 9:49 AM GMT+12 (21:49 UTC), 603 km (374 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 209 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-28 21:49:14 UTC
Depth
602.7 km (374.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.994° S, 179.550° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 14.3 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4139 days ago · 574 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4132 days ago · 541 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2200 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4132 days ago · 573 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.4209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4131 days ago · 566 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.3216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4122 days ago · 570 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.1162 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 4100 days ago · 555 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.4193 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4099 days ago · 512 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.4198 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4087 days ago · 559 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4151 days ago · 598 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.0217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4153 days ago · 618 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4168 days ago · 552 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 4173 days ago · 512 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.6219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4174 days ago · 559 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002mzj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.