M4.2 earthquake 283 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 283 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Sep 14, 2017, 9:02 PM GMT+12 (09:02 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-14 09:02:31 UTC
- Depth
- 613.5 km (381.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.261° S, 179.294° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 12.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 574 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3280 days ago · 616 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 613 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3247 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000am8r. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.