M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Nov 11, 2017, 1:38 PM GMT+13 (00:38 UTC), 590 km (367 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 283 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-11 00:38:25 UTC
- Depth
- 589.9 km (366.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.502° S, 177.490° 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 24.7 km horizontally, 16.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 629 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 644 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3242 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 619 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3228 days ago · 525 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 487 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3215 days ago · 573 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3251 days ago · 483 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3257 days ago · 589 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000brwz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.