M4.4 earthquake 276 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 276 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 7:42 AM GMT+12 (19:42 UTC), 619 km (385 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-30 19:42:35 UTC
- Depth
- 619.2 km (384.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.876° S, 178.084° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 26
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3529 days ago · 597 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3526 days ago · 612 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3522 days ago · 624 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3514 days ago · 613 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3505 days ago · 579 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3505 days ago · 582 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3505 days ago · 593 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 627 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.9247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3484 days ago · 595 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 585 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3475 days ago · 566 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3472 days ago · 583 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3471 days ago · 482 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3536 days ago · 596 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3546 days ago · 518 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3549 days ago · 604 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 584 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 572 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3552 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3554 days ago · 533 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3557 days ago · 630 km deep · 69 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008jna. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.