M4.0 earthquake 265 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 265 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 1:39 AM GMT+12 (13:39 UTC), 561 km (349 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 225 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2015-08-24 13:39:34 UTC
- Depth
- 560.9 km (348.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.359° S, 178.188° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4057 days ago · 585 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4050 days ago · 584 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4049 days ago · 606 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4047 days ago · 597 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4046 days ago · 494 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4044 days ago · 641 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4042 days ago · 573 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4039 days ago · 601 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4033 days ago · 567 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4032 days ago · 463 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4031 days ago · 546 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4029 days ago · 615 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 591 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 619 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 495 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4021 days ago · 615 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4021 days ago · 546 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4017 days ago · 583 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4015 days ago · 628 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 583 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4012 days ago · 597 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4004 days ago · 588 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4003 days ago · 494 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4003 days ago · 521 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3998 days ago · 607 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4063 days ago · 552 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 585 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4064 days ago · 613 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4067 days ago · 539 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4068 days ago · 581 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4072 days ago · 604 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4072 days ago · 512 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4079 days ago · 638 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4080 days ago · 589 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4081 days ago · 623 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4082 days ago · 461 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4198 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4087 days ago · 559 km deep · 95 km away
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