M4.2 earthquake 226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 1:56 AM GMT+12 (13:56 UTC), 529 km (329 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 238 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
- 2016-04-04 13:56:23 UTC
- Depth
- 528.9 km (328.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.439° S, 178.649° 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 25.1 km horizontally, 19.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3832 days ago · 497 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3829 days ago · 550 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3825 days ago · 542 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3824 days ago · 590 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3820 days ago · 539 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3817 days ago · 590 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3817 days ago · 632 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1211 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3814 days ago · 557 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3813 days ago · 517 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.3238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3812 days ago · 592 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3811 days ago · 583 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3811 days ago · 571 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 548 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 550 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.2229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3800 days ago · 539 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3798 days ago · 608 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3797 days ago · 588 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3796 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3795 days ago · 527 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3793 days ago · 604 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3791 days ago · 470 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3791 days ago · 563 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3789 days ago · 518 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3783 days ago · 589 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3779 days ago · 622 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3776 days ago · 580 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.9218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3833 days ago · 510 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.0249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3834 days ago · 549 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5238 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3838 days ago · 536 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3840 days ago · 589 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3847 days ago · 588 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3848 days ago · 517 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3852 days ago · 505 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3855 days ago · 616 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3857 days ago · 550 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 614 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 615 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 607 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3861 days ago · 552 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3862 days ago · 637 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005h0f. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.