M4.6 earthquake 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 6:06 AM GMT+12 (18:06 UTC), 564 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 237 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-23 18:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 564.2 km (350.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.116° S, 178.406° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 15.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 596 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 593 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3497 days ago · 627 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3494 days ago · 565 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 541 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.9247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 595 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 585 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3551 days ago · 572 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 533 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 630 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3564 days ago · 607 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3566 days ago · 551 km deep · 57 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i83. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.