M4.6 earthquake 154 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 154 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Sun, Sep 17, 2017, 10:33 AM GMT+12 (22:33 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-16 22:33:13 UTC
- Depth
- 540.5 km (335.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.094° S, 179.356° 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, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3300 days ago · 554 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 519 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3183 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3290 days ago · 551 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3190 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3280 days ago · 514 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.291 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3273 days ago · 614 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3260 days ago · 547 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3178 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3256 days ago · 537 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000at4j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.