M4.4 earthquake 231 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 2:04 AM GMT+12

UTC

2017-02-22 14:04:06 UTC

Depth

550.7 km (342.2 mi), deep

Epicenter

17.835° S, 178.516° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.3 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

120°

Stations used

38

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast274 kmSE

After

1. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 23, 11:04 PM GMT+12 · 3510 days ago · 604 km deep · 15 km away
2. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 10:05 AM GMT+12 · 3508 days ago · 579 km deep · 34 km away
3. 5.9237 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 11:46 AM GMT+12 · 3508 days ago · 582 km deep · 17 km away
4. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 12:36 PM GMT+12 · 3508 days ago · 593 km deep · 15 km away
5. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 2, 6:13 AM GMT+12 · 3504 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
6. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 8:38 AM GMT+12 · 3499 days ago · 627 km deep · 46 km away
7. 4.6264 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 8:32 PM GMT+12 · 3499 days ago · 516 km deep · 46 km away
8. 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 7, 2:28 AM GMT+12 · 3499 days ago · 605 km deep · 80 km away
9. 4.2189 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 9, 2:21 AM GMT+12 · 3497 days ago · 565 km deep · 66 km away
10. 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 14, 1:11 AM GMT+12 · 3492 days ago · 541 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 14, 4:39 AM GMT+12 · 3492 days ago · 548 km deep · 34 km away
12. 4.7220 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 17, 5:39 PM GMT+12 · 3488 days ago · 551 km deep · 11 km away
13. 4.9247 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 18, 11:26 AM GMT+12 · 3487 days ago · 595 km deep · 38 km away
14. 4.6Fiji regionMon, Mar 20, 3:34 PM GMT+12 · 3485 days ago · 585 km deep · 89 km away
15. 4.1206 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 23, 6:38 AM GMT+12 · 3483 days ago · 619 km deep · 72 km away
16. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 25, 1:39 AM GMT+12 · 3481 days ago · 570 km deep · 38 km away
17. 4.4229 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 26, 4:08 AM GMT+12 · 3480 days ago · 558 km deep · 3 km away
18. 4.4251 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 28, 4:14 AM GMT+12 · 3478 days ago · 566 km deep · 21 km away
19. 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, FijiThu, Mar 30, 6:39 PM GMT+12 · 3475 days ago · 583 km deep · 81 km away
20. 4.2268 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 1, 3:14 AM GMT+12 · 3474 days ago · 482 km deep · 48 km away
21. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 4, 12:03 AM GMT+12 · 3471 days ago · 580 km deep · 15 km away
22. 4.6297 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 7, 3:06 AM GMT+12 · 3468 days ago · 542 km deep · 74 km away
23. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Apr 7, 11:05 AM GMT+12 · 3467 days ago · 534 km deep · 22 km away
24. 4.2Fiji regionTue, Apr 11, 5:56 AM GMT+12 · 3464 days ago · 544 km deep · 89 km away
25. 4.7239 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 11, 11:10 AM GMT+12 · 3463 days ago · 562 km deep · 16 km away
26. 4.3207 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 11, 4:13 PM GMT+12 · 3463 days ago · 561 km deep · 42 km away
27. 4.2297 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 13, 5:01 AM GMT+12 · 3462 days ago · 603 km deep · 73 km away
28. 5.8266 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 14, 5:05 AM GMT+12 · 3461 days ago · 502 km deep · 57 km away
29. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 16, 5:38 PM GMT+12 · 3458 days ago · 570 km deep · 37 km away
30. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 17, 3:34 AM GMT+12 · 3458 days ago · 539 km deep · 66 km away
31. 4.1Fiji regionTue, Apr 18, 1:47 PM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 578 km deep · 25 km away
32. 4.6Fiji regionWed, Apr 19, 5:08 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 635 km deep · 37 km away
33. 4.4260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 634 km deep · 39 km away
34. 6.0245 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 628 km deep · 32 km away
35. 4.3260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:43 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 639 km deep · 37 km away
36. 4.3246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 653 km deep · 17 km away
37. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 6:23 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 639 km deep · 32 km away
38. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 22, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3453 days ago · 460 km deep · 41 km away
39. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 23, 7:07 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 582 km deep · 32 km away

Before

1. 4.5257 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 16, 10:30 AM GMT+12 · 3517 days ago · 613 km deep · 34 km away
2. 5.1240 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Feb 8, 12:06 PM GMT+12 · 3525 days ago · 624 km deep · 28 km away
3. 4.2253 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 4, 7:41 AM GMT+12 · 3530 days ago · 612 km deep · 23 km away
4. 4.4233 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 2, 6:05 AM GMT+12 · 3532 days ago · 597 km deep · 46 km away
5. 4.5217 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 31, 9:20 PM GMT+12 · 3533 days ago · 546 km deep · 14 km away
6. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 31, 7:42 AM GMT+12 · 3534 days ago · 619 km deep · 46 km away
7. 4.2249 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Jan 30, 1:11 AM GMT+12 · 3535 days ago · 595 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.3219 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Jan 25, 8:15 AM GMT+12 · 3540 days ago · 596 km deep · 17 km away
9. 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, FijiWed, Jan 25, 12:23 AM GMT+12 · 3540 days ago · 594 km deep · 83 km away
10. 4.6241 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 24, 6:06 AM GMT+12 · 3541 days ago · 564 km deep · 33 km away
11. 4.8238 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 24, 6:04 AM GMT+12 · 3541 days ago · 581 km deep · 12 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100086j1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC.