M4.3 earthquake 219 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 219 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 8:15 AM GMT+12 (20:15 UTC), 596 km (370 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-24 20:15:28 UTC
- Depth
- 595.9 km (370.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.963° S, 178.609° 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 25.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 271°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3505 days ago · 593 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3497 days ago · 627 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3494 days ago · 565 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 541 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.9247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 595 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 585 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3480 days ago · 619 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 594 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3554 days ago · 533 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3564 days ago · 607 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3566 days ago · 551 km deep · 46 km away
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