M4.2 earthquake 262 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 262 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Nov 7, 2016, 5:53 AM GMT+13 (16:53 UTC), 595 km (370 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-06 16:53:04 UTC
- Depth
- 595.3 km (369.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.133° S, 178.462° 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 21.5 km horizontally, 18.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3616 days ago · 568 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3610 days ago · 607 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2174 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3609 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3602 days ago · 558 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3599 days ago · 575 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3582 days ago · 451 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3573 days ago · 589 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3569 days ago · 576 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 576 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 501 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.3221 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3628 days ago · 597 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3631 days ago · 615 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3641 days ago · 429 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3644 days ago · 587 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3645 days ago · 603 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076xk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC.