M4.2 earthquake 248 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 248 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Oct 10, 2017, 5:53 AM GMT+12 (17:53 UTC), 508 km (316 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-09 17:53:53 UTC
- Depth
- 508.4 km (315.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.049° S, 178.565° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 18
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6220 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3276 days ago · 496 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3275 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3253 days ago · 483 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3229 days ago · 525 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3228 days ago · 487 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ata6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.