M4.2 earthquake 268 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 268 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Dec 29, 2016, 5:07 AM GMT+13 (16:07 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 237 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
- 2016-12-28 16:07:57 UTC
- Depth
- 606.8 km (377.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.721° S, 178.175° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 630 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 533 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 594 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 596 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 3513 days ago · 609 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 593 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3566 days ago · 551 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3569 days ago · 596 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3572 days ago · 565 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3572 days ago · 584 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2221 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3574 days ago · 510 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3580 days ago · 606 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3580 days ago · 590 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3581 days ago · 522 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3583 days ago · 562 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3585 days ago · 562 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3586 days ago · 631 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3590 days ago · 607 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3593 days ago · 592 km deep · 30 km away
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