M4.3 earthquake 183 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 183 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 9:27 AM GMT+12 (21:27 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 230 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-27 21:27:13 UTC
- Depth
- 550.5 km (342.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.416° S, 179.088° 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 17.4 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3288 days ago · 578 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3285 days ago · 647 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3190 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3280 days ago · 514 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.291 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3273 days ago · 614 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3268 days ago · 598 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3267 days ago · 584 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3260 days ago · 547 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3258 days ago · 578 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3178 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3256 days ago · 537 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3255 days ago · 586 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 548 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 563 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 581 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3248 days ago · 572 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3248 days ago · 579 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3247 days ago · 631 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3245 days ago · 553 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5265 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 535 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 622 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3242 days ago · 559 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 607 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3234 days ago · 614 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3230 days ago · 617 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.5227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3290 days ago · 566 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 596 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 540 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3295 days ago · 580 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 519 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 547 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3300 days ago · 554 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6154 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3301 days ago · 541 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9159 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3301 days ago · 538 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0205 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3303 days ago · 601 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3313 days ago · 533 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3313 days ago · 599 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 574 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 599 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 543 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3319 days ago · 606 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b1ei. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC.