M4.2 earthquake 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 11:17 PM GMT+13 (10:17 UTC), 559 km (347 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 215 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 10:17:34 UTC
- Depth
- 558.9 km (347.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.782° S, 178.610° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 56
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 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3209 days ago · 418 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 554 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 516 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 564 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 475 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 535 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 620 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 533 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 545 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3167 days ago · 541 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 529 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3160 days ago · 584 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 574 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 570 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3215 days ago · 564 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 553 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3220 days ago · 510 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 572 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 538 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3225 days ago · 565 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3230 days ago · 617 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3230 days ago · 578 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3233 days ago · 614 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 607 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 619 km deep · 47 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bv0a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.