Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, May 29, 2017, 8:30 PM GMT+12 (08:30 UTC), 618 km (384 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-05-29 08:30:15 UTC
Depth
617.6 km (383.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.934° S, 177.849° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
79

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3411 days ago · 583 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3405 days ago · 598 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.4251 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3401 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.8232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3397 days ago · 570 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.1206 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3396 days ago · 582 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3395 days ago · 570 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3394 days ago · 539 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3394 days ago · 612 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.1225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3393 days ago · 572 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 660 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3392 days ago · 571 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3391 days ago · 628 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.1287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3385 days ago · 513 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3382 days ago · 578 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.5242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 598 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3377 days ago · 569 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3369 days ago · 530 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3365 days ago · 557 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 4.0288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3364 days ago · 633 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 4.5244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3363 days ago · 586 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 573 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 577 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3354 days ago · 623 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 4.3229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3414 days ago · 560 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.3292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3416 days ago · 625 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 600 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3425 days ago · 594 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3434 days ago · 600 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3437 days ago · 525 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.3295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3440 days ago · 551 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008w2u. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.