Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 117 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 117 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Jan 19, 2015, 12:58 PM GMT+12 (00:58 UTC), 643 km (399 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 206 km ENE 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
2015-01-19 00:58:41 UTC
Depth
642.6 km (399.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.755° S, 179.619° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6188 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4276 days ago · 554 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.2206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4274 days ago · 605 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.6195 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4265 days ago · 538 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.3212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4255 days ago · 586 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.3172 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4255 days ago · 569 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.2199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4254 days ago · 577 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.135 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4248 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.4212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4248 days ago · 568 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.6211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4241 days ago · 557 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.1124 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4232 days ago · 577 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.3137 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4231 days ago · 614 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.8206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4231 days ago · 541 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.1198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4228 days ago · 535 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.7211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4225 days ago · 513 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.2216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4221 days ago · 560 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 5.0207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4295 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.1115 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4299 days ago · 640 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 5.5127 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4299 days ago · 622 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.5203 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4304 days ago · 549 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4306 days ago · 543 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tk18. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC.