M4.7 earthquake 236 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 236 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:11 PM GMT+13 (01:11 UTC), 584 km (363 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-20 01:11:39 UTC
- Depth
- 583.6 km (362.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.873° S, 178.463° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 126
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3572 days ago · 565 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3566 days ago · 551 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3564 days ago · 607 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 533 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 594 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 596 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.2221 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3574 days ago · 510 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3581 days ago · 606 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3581 days ago · 590 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3582 days ago · 522 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3583 days ago · 562 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3585 days ago · 562 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3587 days ago · 631 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3590 days ago · 607 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3593 days ago · 592 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3595 days ago · 585 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3597 days ago · 540 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3597 days ago · 546 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3600 days ago · 639 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3600 days ago · 558 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3601 days ago · 600 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3601 days ago · 579 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3602 days ago · 550 km deep · 37 km away
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