Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 264 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 264 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Nov 12, 2017, 7:05 AM GMT+13 (18:05 UTC), 553 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 283 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
2017-11-11 18:05:14 UTC
Depth
553.3 km (343.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.724° S, 178.213° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5265 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3246 days ago · 535 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.0243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3246 days ago · 622 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 629 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 644 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 5.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 597 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 559 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3239 days ago · 619 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3239 days ago · 607 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3235 days ago · 614 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3233 days ago · 578 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3232 days ago · 617 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3227 days ago · 565 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3227 days ago · 538 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3226 days ago · 572 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3222 days ago · 510 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3218 days ago · 553 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3217 days ago · 564 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 554 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3212 days ago · 530 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3212 days ago · 559 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 5.5Fiji region · 3212 days ago · 392 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3211 days ago · 418 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3203 days ago · 583 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3202 days ago · 554 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 4.2196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3202 days ago · 516 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 564 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 4.1Fiji region · 3199 days ago · 546 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3192 days ago · 475 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 535 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3189 days ago · 535 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 547 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.2254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3248 days ago · 631 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.2233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3250 days ago · 579 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3250 days ago · 572 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.4242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3251 days ago · 581 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3251 days ago · 563 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 5.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3251 days ago · 548 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3257 days ago · 586 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3259 days ago · 589 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3260 days ago · 578 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3262 days ago · 547 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 3269 days ago · 583 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3269 days ago · 584 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 4.3286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3270 days ago · 512 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.4218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3270 days ago · 598 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000brxf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC.