M4.2 earthquake 174 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 174 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 11:02 PM GMT+13 (10:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 232 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-15 10:02:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.500° S, 179.092° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3602 days ago · 600 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3601 days ago · 639 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3598 days ago · 540 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3597 days ago · 585 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3594 days ago · 592 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3591 days ago · 607 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3586 days ago · 562 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3582 days ago · 590 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3574 days ago · 584 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3558 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3551 days ago · 604 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.2262 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3617 days ago · 595 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3618 days ago · 570 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3622 days ago · 615 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3625 days ago · 579 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3221 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3627 days ago · 597 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3138 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3634 days ago · 580 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1131 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3634 days ago · 640 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0127 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3635 days ago · 653 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3635 days ago · 599 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007di7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC.