Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 8:32 AM GMT+13 (19:32 UTC), 516 km (321 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 215 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-12-26 19:32:12 UTC
Depth
516.1 km (320.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.201° S, 178.976° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
95

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 475 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3187 days ago · 535 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 533 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3175 days ago · 545 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 5.8117 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3170 days ago · 640 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3167 days ago · 541 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 529 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3160 days ago · 584 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 574 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 570 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 559 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3215 days ago · 564 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3220 days ago · 510 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 572 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 538 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ci73. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.