M4.5 earthquake 217 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 217 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 9:20 PM GMT+12 (09:20 UTC), 546 km (339 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 237 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-31 09:20:27 UTC
- Depth
- 546.2 km (339.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.817° S, 178.647° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 305
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 593 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3497 days ago · 627 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3494 days ago · 565 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 541 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 595 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3480 days ago · 619 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3475 days ago · 566 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3472 days ago · 583 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3471 days ago · 482 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.3193 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 551 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 596 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 594 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 533 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 12 km away
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