M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 27, 2017, 5:05 AM GMT+12 (17:05 UTC), 495 km (308 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 171 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-26 17:05:21 UTC
- Depth
- 495.3 km (307.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.305° S, 179.990° 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 34.3 km horizontally, 18.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 258°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4171 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3405 days ago · 560 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2106 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3400 days ago · 608 km deep · 82 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008x4c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.