M4.4 earthquake 233 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 233 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 6:05 AM GMT+12 (18:05 UTC), 597 km (371 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
- 2017-02-01 18:05:52 UTC
- Depth
- 597.4 km (371.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.246° S, 178.484° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3527 days ago · 612 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 36 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 · 31 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 593 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3497 days ago · 627 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3486 days ago · 551 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 595 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3483 days ago · 585 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3475 days ago · 566 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3471 days ago · 482 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3183 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3471 days ago · 664 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3532 days ago · 595 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 596 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 564 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3538 days ago · 581 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3550 days ago · 604 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 533 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3557 days ago · 580 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 630 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
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