M4.2 earthquake 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Aug 2, 2016, 5:45 AM GMT+12

UTC

2016-08-01 17:45:23 UTC

Depth

558.7 km (347.1 mi), deep

Epicenter

17.743° S, 178.514° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 10.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

72°

Stations used

125

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast268 kmESE

After

1. 4.3275 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Aug 3, 1:51 AM GMT+12 · 3713 days ago · 624 km deep · 61 km away
2. 4.7213 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Aug 4, 1:21 AM GMT+12 · 3712 days ago · 612 km deep · 48 km away
3. 4.2204 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Aug 4, 10:39 AM GMT+12 · 3712 days ago · 526 km deep · 33 km away
4. 4.4270 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Aug 4, 11:52 AM GMT+12 · 3712 days ago · 538 km deep · 53 km away
5. 4.1237 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Aug 6, 3:44 PM GMT+12 · 3710 days ago · 602 km deep · 38 km away
6. 4.0224 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Aug 7, 5:32 PM GMT+12 · 3709 days ago · 584 km deep · 23 km away
7. 4.4289 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Aug 9, 4:28 AM GMT+12 · 3707 days ago · 615 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Aug 11, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3705 days ago · 582 km deep · 21 km away
9. 4.5184 km ESE of Labasa, FijiThu, Aug 11, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3705 days ago · 571 km deep · 92 km away
10. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Aug 15, 2:37 AM GMT+12 · 3701 days ago · 518 km deep · 56 km away
11. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Aug 17, 2:06 AM GMT+12 · 3699 days ago · 530 km deep · 62 km away
12. 4.5224 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Aug 22, 3:32 AM GMT+12 · 3694 days ago · 520 km deep · 10 km away
13. 4.4185 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Aug 23, 6:59 AM GMT+12 · 3693 days ago · 557 km deep · 55 km away
14. 4.1257 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Aug 25, 6:40 PM GMT+12 · 3691 days ago · 591 km deep · 25 km away
15. 4.1214 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Aug 27, 4:09 AM GMT+12 · 3689 days ago · 533 km deep · 19 km away
16. 4.2242 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Aug 27, 4:58 PM GMT+12 · 3689 days ago · 580 km deep · 29 km away
17. 4.3225 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Aug 28, 7:57 AM GMT+12 · 3688 days ago · 538 km deep · 16 km away
18. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Aug 28, 9:53 PM GMT+12 · 3687 days ago · 545 km deep · 79 km away
19. 4.2236 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Aug 31, 12:08 PM GMT+12 · 3685 days ago · 582 km deep · 12 km away
20. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Sep 3, 8:31 AM GMT+12 · 3682 days ago · 620 km deep · 77 km away
21. 4.2Fiji regionTue, Sep 6, 10:33 PM GMT+12 · 3678 days ago · 548 km deep · 69 km away
22. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 8, 11:27 PM GMT+12 · 3676 days ago · 581 km deep · 45 km away
23. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Sep 9, 11:27 AM GMT+12 · 3676 days ago · 569 km deep · 22 km away
24. 4.3203 km ESE of Labasa, FijiMon, Sep 12, 11:43 AM GMT+12 · 3673 days ago · 571 km deep · 87 km away
25. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 13, 1:26 AM GMT+12 · 3672 days ago · 607 km deep · 57 km away
26. 4.0297 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 13, 12:02 PM GMT+12 · 3672 days ago · 602 km deep · 68 km away
27. 4.4Fiji regionFri, Sep 16, 9:21 AM GMT+12 · 3669 days ago · 561 km deep · 13 km away
28. 4.4Fiji regionSat, Sep 17, 10:08 AM GMT+12 · 3668 days ago · 540 km deep · 71 km away
29. 4.1243 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 19, 6:22 PM GMT+12 · 3666 days ago · 597 km deep · 37 km away
30. 4.3221 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 20, 7:36 PM GMT+12 · 3665 days ago · 557 km deep · 54 km away
31. 4.0169 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 22, 2:04 PM GMT+12 · 3663 days ago · 555 km deep · 92 km away
32. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 22, 2:21 PM GMT+12 · 3663 days ago · 607 km deep · 36 km away
33. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 22, 9:41 PM GMT+12 · 3662 days ago · 575 km deep · 4 km away
34. 4.3246 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Sep 24, 5:18 PM GMT+12 · 3661 days ago · 544 km deep · 32 km away
35. 4.1Fiji regionSun, Sep 25, 6:26 PM GMT+12 · 3660 days ago · 596 km deep · 83 km away
36. 4.5230 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 26, 3:15 AM GMT+12 · 3659 days ago · 567 km deep · 17 km away
37. 4.1232 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Sep 27, 2:09 PM GMT+12 · 3658 days ago · 615 km deep · 30 km away
38. 4.1224 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Sep 28, 9:15 AM GMT+12 · 3657 days ago · 560 km deep · 14 km away
39. 4.2209 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 29, 4:24 AM GMT+12 · 3656 days ago · 614 km deep · 71 km away
40. 4.4258 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 29, 11:28 PM GMT+12 · 3655 days ago · 562 km deep · 31 km away
41. 4.1234 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT+12 · 3655 days ago · 592 km deep · 38 km away
42. 4.0220 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 1, 1:48 AM GMT+12 · 3654 days ago · 617 km deep · 18 km away

Before

1. 4.6214 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Jul 22, 8:03 PM GMT+12 · 3725 days ago · 529 km deep · 37 km away
2. 4.0271 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jul 19, 7:25 PM GMT+12 · 3728 days ago · 630 km deep · 63 km away
3. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Jul 16, 12:56 PM GMT+12 · 3731 days ago · 399 km deep · 16 km away
4. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Jul 16, 7:36 AM GMT+12 · 3731 days ago · 552 km deep · 9 km away
5. 4.2218 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Jul 13, 10:24 PM GMT+12 · 3733 days ago · 593 km deep · 17 km away
6. 4.4Fiji regionTue, Jul 12, 1:58 AM GMT+12 · 3735 days ago · 568 km deep · 98 km away
7. 4.4223 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Jul 11, 5:58 PM GMT+12 · 3736 days ago · 575 km deep · 10 km away
8. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Jul 7, 5:21 PM GMT+12 · 3740 days ago · 568 km deep · 73 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006996. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.