M4.9 earthquake 247 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.9 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Mar 18, 2017, 11:26 AM GMT+12

UTC

2017-03-17 23:26:00 UTC

Depth

594.9 km (369.6 mi), deep

Epicenter

18.130° S, 178.343° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 11.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.03

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

46°

Stations used

159

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast308 kmSE

After

1. 4.6Fiji regionMon, Mar 20, 3:34 PM GMT+12 · 3482 days ago · 585 km deep · 63 km away
2. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 25, 1:39 AM GMT+12 · 3478 days ago · 570 km deep · 18 km away
3. 4.4229 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 26, 4:08 AM GMT+12 · 3476 days ago · 558 km deep · 41 km away
4. 4.4251 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 28, 4:14 AM GMT+12 · 3474 days ago · 566 km deep · 42 km away
5. 4.2268 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 1, 3:14 AM GMT+12 · 3471 days ago · 482 km deep · 22 km away
6. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 4, 12:03 AM GMT+12 · 3468 days ago · 580 km deep · 22 km away
7. 4.6297 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 7, 3:06 AM GMT+12 · 3465 days ago · 542 km deep · 50 km away
8. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Apr 7, 11:05 AM GMT+12 · 3464 days ago · 534 km deep · 17 km away
9. 4.2Fiji regionTue, Apr 11, 5:56 AM GMT+12 · 3460 days ago · 544 km deep · 68 km away
10. 4.7239 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 11, 11:10 AM GMT+12 · 3460 days ago · 562 km deep · 22 km away
11. 4.3207 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 11, 4:13 PM GMT+12 · 3460 days ago · 561 km deep · 40 km away
12. 4.2297 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 13, 5:01 AM GMT+12 · 3458 days ago · 603 km deep · 85 km away
13. 5.8266 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 14, 5:05 AM GMT+12 · 3457 days ago · 502 km deep · 21 km away
14. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 16, 5:38 PM GMT+12 · 3455 days ago · 570 km deep · 74 km away
15. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 17, 3:34 AM GMT+12 · 3454 days ago · 539 km deep · 48 km away
16. 4.1Fiji regionTue, Apr 18, 1:47 PM GMT+12 · 3453 days ago · 578 km deep · 62 km away
17. 4.6Fiji regionWed, Apr 19, 5:08 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 635 km deep · 7 km away
18. 4.4260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 634 km deep · 16 km away
19. 6.0245 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:11 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 628 km deep · 5 km away
20. 4.3260 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:43 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 639 km deep · 18 km away
21. 4.3246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 653 km deep · 42 km away
22. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 19, 6:23 AM GMT+12 · 3452 days ago · 639 km deep · 6 km away
23. 4.2Fiji regionThu, Apr 20, 7:24 AM GMT+12 · 3451 days ago · 526 km deep · 76 km away
24. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 22, 5:45 AM GMT+12 · 3449 days ago · 460 km deep · 22 km away
25. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 23, 7:07 AM GMT+12 · 3448 days ago · 582 km deep · 6 km away
26. 5.0232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 27, 5:31 AM GMT+12 · 3444 days ago · 568 km deep · 29 km away
27. 4.3242 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 27, 6:20 PM GMT+12 · 3444 days ago · 579 km deep · 45 km away
28. 4.3274 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 29, 5:44 AM GMT+12 · 3442 days ago · 529 km deep · 66 km away
29. 4.1283 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 29, 7:28 AM GMT+12 · 3442 days ago · 591 km deep · 76 km away
30. 4.3295 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, May 2, 12:42 AM GMT+12 · 3440 days ago · 551 km deep · 86 km away
31. 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, May 4, 5:17 AM GMT+12 · 3437 days ago · 525 km deep · 60 km away
32. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, May 7, 9:01 PM GMT+12 · 3434 days ago · 600 km deep · 30 km away
33. 4.3222 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, May 8, 2:17 AM GMT+12 · 3434 days ago · 546 km deep · 99 km away
34. 4.0279 km ESE of Levuka, FijiTue, May 9, 8:31 AM GMT+12 · 3432 days ago · 608 km deep · 96 km away
35. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, May 17, 12:14 AM GMT+12 · 3425 days ago · 594 km deep · 35 km away

Before

1. 4.7220 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 17, 5:39 PM GMT+12 · 3485 days ago · 551 km deep · 42 km away
2. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 14, 4:39 AM GMT+12 · 3488 days ago · 548 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 7, 2:28 AM GMT+12 · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 47 km away
4. 4.6264 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 8:32 PM GMT+12 · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 17 km away
5. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 8:38 AM GMT+12 · 3496 days ago · 627 km deep · 29 km away
6. 4.5Fiji regionFri, Mar 3, 4:13 AM GMT+13 · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 87 km away
7. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 2, 6:13 AM GMT+12 · 3500 days ago · 574 km deep · 47 km away
8. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 12:36 PM GMT+12 · 3505 days ago · 593 km deep · 35 km away
9. 5.9237 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 11:46 AM GMT+12 · 3505 days ago · 582 km deep · 21 km away
10. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 25, 10:05 AM GMT+12 · 3505 days ago · 579 km deep · 28 km away
11. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 23, 11:04 PM GMT+12 · 3507 days ago · 604 km deep · 24 km away
12. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 23, 2:04 AM GMT+12 · 3508 days ago · 551 km deep · 38 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008swl. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.