Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 224 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 224 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 1:43 PM GMT+12 (01:43 UTC), 588 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 238 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-21 01:43:04 UTC
Depth
587.8 km (365.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.737° S, 178.589° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 15.4 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3841 days ago · 589 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.5238 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3838 days ago · 536 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.0249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3834 days ago · 549 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.9218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3833 days ago · 510 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.2226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3833 days ago · 529 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3832 days ago · 497 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.3242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3830 days ago · 550 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.1199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3825 days ago · 542 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3824 days ago · 590 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.9236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3820 days ago · 539 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 3817 days ago · 590 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.6225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3817 days ago · 632 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.5137 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3816 days ago · 617 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.1211 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3814 days ago · 557 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.6245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3813 days ago · 517 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 5.3238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3812 days ago · 592 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3812 days ago · 583 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3811 days ago · 571 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 4.2197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 548 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 4.3231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 550 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 4.1275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3807 days ago · 487 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3804 days ago · 473 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 5.2229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3800 days ago · 539 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.1142 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3798 days ago · 608 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 4.3217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3797 days ago · 588 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 4.3229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3797 days ago · 597 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3795 days ago · 527 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3793 days ago · 604 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 4.3277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3791 days ago · 470 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 4.5280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3791 days ago · 563 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 4.1125 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3791 days ago · 670 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 4.4226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3790 days ago · 518 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.6215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3848 days ago · 517 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.7206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3852 days ago · 505 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3856 days ago · 616 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.3212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3857 days ago · 550 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 614 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 600 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.6246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 607 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 4.1204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3861 days ago · 552 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.2290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3861 days ago · 595 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3862 days ago · 637 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3865 days ago · 597 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3866 days ago · 536 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 5.1239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 557 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 595 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3871 days ago · 597 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.0207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3872 days ago · 610 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 4.6232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3874 days ago · 560 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3875 days ago · 565 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bd1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.