M4.2 earthquake 189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Mar 9, 2017, 2:21 AM GMT+12 (14:21 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 245 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-08 14:21:01 UTC
- Depth
- 564.7 km (350.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.468° S, 179.008° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 541 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3480 days ago · 619 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3475 days ago · 566 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3472 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3468 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2199 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3467 days ago · 547 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3465 days ago · 534 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3461 days ago · 562 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3460 days ago · 561 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3455 days ago · 570 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1157 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3455 days ago · 550 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 578 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3453 days ago · 628 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3453 days ago · 653 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3453 days ago · 639 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3449 days ago · 582 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3445 days ago · 568 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0195 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3445 days ago · 571 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3444 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3274 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3443 days ago · 529 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3443 days ago · 591 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3438 days ago · 525 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3434 days ago · 600 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3434 days ago · 546 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 593 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 582 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 3513 days ago · 609 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.1240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3523 days ago · 624 km deep · 92 km away
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