M4.2 earthquake 297 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 5:01 AM GMT+12

UTC

2017-04-12 17:01:32 UTC

Depth

603.5 km (375.0 mi), deep

Epicenter

17.467° S, 177.948° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 31.3 km horizontally, 26.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

258°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

13

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast308 kmESE

After

1. 5.8266 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 14, 5:05 AM GMT+12 · 3459 days ago · 502 km deep · 88 km away
2. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 16, 5:38 PM GMT+12 · 3457 days ago · 570 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 17, 3:34 AM GMT+12 · 3456 days ago · 539 km deep · 58 km away
4. 4.1Fiji regionTue, Apr 18, 1:47 PM GMT+12 · 3455 days ago · 578 km deep · 83 km away
5. 4.6Fiji regionWed, Apr 19, 5:08 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 635 km deep · 79 km away
6. 4.4260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 634 km deep · 70 km away
7. 6.0245 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 628 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.3260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:43 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 639 km deep · 67 km away
9. 4.3246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 653 km deep · 56 km away
10. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 6:23 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 639 km deep · 81 km away
11. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 22, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3451 days ago · 460 km deep · 65 km away
12. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 23, 7:07 AM GMT+12 · 3450 days ago · 582 km deep · 82 km away
13. 5.0232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 27, 5:31 AM GMT+12 · 3446 days ago · 568 km deep · 77 km away
14. 4.3242 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 27, 6:20 PM GMT+12 · 3446 days ago · 579 km deep · 59 km away
15. 4.3274 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 29, 5:44 AM GMT+12 · 3444 days ago · 529 km deep · 24 km away
16. 4.1283 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 29, 7:28 AM GMT+12 · 3444 days ago · 591 km deep · 14 km away
17. 4.3295 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, May 2, 12:42 AM GMT+12 · 3442 days ago · 551 km deep · 4 km away
18. 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, May 4, 5:17 AM GMT+12 · 3439 days ago · 525 km deep · 74 km away
19. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, May 7, 9:01 PM GMT+12 · 3436 days ago · 600 km deep · 59 km away
20. 4.3222 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, May 8, 2:17 AM GMT+12 · 3436 days ago · 546 km deep · 85 km away
21. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, May 17, 12:14 AM GMT+12 · 3427 days ago · 594 km deep · 52 km away
22. 4.3292 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, May 25, 9:38 AM GMT+12 · 3418 days ago · 625 km deep · 69 km away
23. 4.3229 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, May 27, 2:24 AM GMT+12 · 3417 days ago · 560 km deep · 68 km away
24. 4.2Fiji regionMon, May 29, 8:30 PM GMT+12 · 3414 days ago · 618 km deep · 53 km away
25. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, May 30, 8:02 PM GMT+12 · 3413 days ago · 555 km deep · 77 km away
26. 4.1270 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, May 31, 1:44 AM GMT+12 · 3413 days ago · 583 km deep · 63 km away
27. 4.3215 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Jun 3, 9:36 AM GMT+12 · 3409 days ago · 565 km deep · 85 km away
28. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Jun 4, 9:53 PM GMT+12 · 3408 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away
29. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Jun 5, 11:53 PM GMT+12 · 3407 days ago · 598 km deep · 98 km away
30. 5.0200 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Jun 8, 9:07 AM GMT+12 · 3404 days ago · 540 km deep · 98 km away
31. 4.4251 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Jun 9, 11:17 AM GMT+12 · 3403 days ago · 600 km deep · 46 km away
32. 5.6283 km S of Alo, Wallis and FutunaFri, Jun 9, 1:33 PM GMT+12 · 3403 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
33. 4.2206 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Jun 9, 3:18 PM GMT+12 · 3403 days ago · 610 km deep · 91 km away

Before

1. 4.7239 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 11, 11:10 AM GMT+12 · 3462 days ago · 562 km deep · 74 km away
2. 4.2Fiji regionTue, Apr 11, 5:56 AM GMT+12 · 3462 days ago · 544 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Apr 7, 11:05 AM GMT+12 · 3466 days ago · 534 km deep · 72 km away
4. 4.6297 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 7, 3:06 AM GMT+12 · 3467 days ago · 542 km deep · 71 km away
5. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 4, 12:03 AM GMT+12 · 3470 days ago · 580 km deep · 76 km away
6. 4.2268 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 1, 3:14 AM GMT+12 · 3473 days ago · 482 km deep · 72 km away
7. 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, FijiThu, Mar 30, 6:39 PM GMT+12 · 3474 days ago · 583 km deep · 54 km away
8. 4.4251 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 28, 4:14 AM GMT+12 · 3476 days ago · 566 km deep · 52 km away
9. 4.4229 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 26, 4:08 AM GMT+12 · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 72 km away
10. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 25, 1:39 AM GMT+12 · 3480 days ago · 570 km deep · 68 km away
11. 4.6Fiji regionMon, Mar 20, 3:34 PM GMT+12 · 3484 days ago · 585 km deep · 81 km away
12. 4.9247 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 18, 11:26 AM GMT+12 · 3486 days ago · 595 km deep · 85 km away
13. 4.7220 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 17, 5:39 PM GMT+12 · 3487 days ago · 551 km deep · 83 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008j0b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.