M4.0 earthquake 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 1:46 PM GMT+12 (01:46 UTC), 633 km (393 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 195 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-16 01:46:40 UTC
- Depth
- 633.0 km (393.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.264° S, 177.960° 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 20.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3363 days ago · 586 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 573 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 577 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3354 days ago · 623 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3343 days ago · 587 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3339 days ago · 535 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3333 days ago · 564 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3332 days ago · 619 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3330 days ago · 595 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.4195 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3330 days ago · 544 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3327 days ago · 532 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3327 days ago · 578 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3327 days ago · 638 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3325 days ago · 550 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3322 days ago · 617 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3319 days ago · 606 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 599 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 574 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3314 days ago · 599 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3313 days ago · 533 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3308 days ago · 601 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3304 days ago · 614 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3365 days ago · 557 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3370 days ago · 530 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3377 days ago · 569 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 598 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3380 days ago · 550 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3382 days ago · 578 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3385 days ago · 513 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3391 days ago · 628 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3392 days ago · 571 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3203 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3393 days ago · 611 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 660 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3393 days ago · 572 km deep · 88 km away
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