M4.3 earthquake 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 12:17 AM GMT+13 (11:17 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 240 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-20 11:17:07 UTC
- Depth
- 564.9 km (351.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.419° S, 178.602° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 18.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3567 days ago · 551 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3565 days ago · 607 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3558 days ago · 580 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3554 days ago · 544 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3551 days ago · 604 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3548 days ago · 518 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 563 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3539 days ago · 581 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3539 days ago · 564 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 594 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 596 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3533 days ago · 595 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 619 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3193 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 551 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 546 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 597 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3528 days ago · 612 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3524 days ago · 624 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3516 days ago · 613 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 3514 days ago · 609 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.7236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3574 days ago · 584 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2221 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3576 days ago · 510 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5161 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3577 days ago · 623 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3582 days ago · 606 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3582 days ago · 590 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3586 days ago · 562 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3182 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3589 days ago · 519 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3591 days ago · 607 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3594 days ago · 592 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3597 days ago · 585 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3598 days ago · 540 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3598 days ago · 546 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3601 days ago · 639 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3602 days ago · 600 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3602 days ago · 579 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3603 days ago · 550 km deep · 77 km away
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