M4.0 earthquake 254 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 254 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, May 23, 2017, 4:01 AM GMT+12 (16:01 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-22 16:01:06 UTC
- Depth
- 585.0 km (363.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.188° S, 178.572° 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 22.4 km horizontally, 20.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 246°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 573 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3387 days ago · 513 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3383 days ago · 612 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3378 days ago · 602 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 552 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008vj3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.