M4.4 earthquake 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 3:57 PM GMT+13 (02:57 UTC), 564 km (350 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 02:57:59 UTC
- Depth
- 563.6 km (350.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.985° S, 178.367° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 112
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 3199 days ago · 546 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3191 days ago · 475 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 535 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 547 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 620 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 533 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3184 days ago · 520 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3176 days ago · 545 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3175 days ago · 482 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 559 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3173 days ago · 523 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 533 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3170 days ago · 568 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 541 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 529 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3162 days ago · 584 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3158 days ago · 574 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 570 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 521 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 591 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 557 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3144 days ago · 551 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 534 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3202 days ago · 554 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3203 days ago · 583 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3211 days ago · 418 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3212 days ago · 559 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3212 days ago · 530 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 554 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3217 days ago · 564 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3217 days ago · 553 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3222 days ago · 510 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3226 days ago · 572 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3226 days ago · 538 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3227 days ago · 565 km deep · 13 km away
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