Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, May 30, 2017, 8:02 PM GMT+12 (08:02 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 200 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-05-30 08:02:13 UTC
Depth
554.7 km (344.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.398° S, 178.673° 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 18.3 km horizontally, 17.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
160°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3410 days ago · 583 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.3215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3407 days ago · 565 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 5.0200 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3402 days ago · 540 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.4251 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3401 days ago · 600 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.2206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3401 days ago · 610 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.2241 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3397 days ago · 571 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.8232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3396 days ago · 570 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.1206 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3396 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3395 days ago · 570 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3394 days ago · 539 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3394 days ago · 612 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.1225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3393 days ago · 572 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.3203 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3392 days ago · 611 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.3219 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3392 days ago · 561 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3392 days ago · 571 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.3219 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3384 days ago · 551 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3382 days ago · 578 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.5242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 550 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 598 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3377 days ago · 569 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3369 days ago · 530 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3369 days ago · 518 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 4.3235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3369 days ago · 552 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3365 days ago · 557 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 4.5244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3362 days ago · 586 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 577 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 4.0195 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3355 days ago · 549 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.3229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3414 days ago · 560 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3424 days ago · 594 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.3222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3433 days ago · 546 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3434 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3437 days ago · 525 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.3295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3439 days ago · 551 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kyc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.