Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 271 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 271 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 27, 2017, 12:09 PM GMT+12 (00:09 UTC), 617 km (384 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 252 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-27 00:09:37 UTC
Depth
617.3 km (383.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.242° S, 178.124° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 14.2 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
187°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

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 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3322 days ago · 539 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3320 days ago · 606 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.6196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3320 days ago · 543 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3320 days ago · 599 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3320 days ago · 574 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3315 days ago · 599 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3315 days ago · 533 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3309 days ago · 601 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.7251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3306 days ago · 614 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.0205 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3304 days ago · 601 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3299 days ago · 547 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.5295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3298 days ago · 518 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3298 days ago · 575 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.5272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 598 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3296 days ago · 580 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 4.6231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3294 days ago · 540 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.2236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3294 days ago · 596 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.8252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3293 days ago · 579 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.5227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 566 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.4244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3289 days ago · 578 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 3288 days ago · 601 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 4.5250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3287 days ago · 647 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 4.6220 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3277 days ago · 496 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 3276 days ago · 600 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 4.1Fiji region · 3275 days ago · 560 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.4218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3270 days ago · 598 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 4.3286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3270 days ago · 512 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3269 days ago · 584 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 4.6Fiji region · 3269 days ago · 583 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3324 days ago · 517 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.1219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3327 days ago · 550 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3328 days ago · 638 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.1234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3329 days ago · 578 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.5239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3329 days ago · 532 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 6.4195 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3331 days ago · 544 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3332 days ago · 595 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3334 days ago · 619 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3334 days ago · 564 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 3336 days ago · 482 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.3194 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3340 days ago · 555 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.4209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3341 days ago · 535 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3345 days ago · 587 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.3205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3349 days ago · 524 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000adfw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.