Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 222 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 222 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 12:07 PM GMT+13 (23:07 UTC), 559 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-11-14 23:07:15 UTC
Depth
559.3 km (347.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.715° S, 178.612° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 619 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 607 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3234 days ago · 614 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3231 days ago · 578 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3230 days ago · 617 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3226 days ago · 565 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3225 days ago · 538 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3225 days ago · 572 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3220 days ago · 510 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 553 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 564 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 559 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3209 days ago · 418 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 4.2196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 516 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 564 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 475 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3187 days ago · 535 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3185 days ago · 620 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 5.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3242 days ago · 597 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 629 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.0243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 622 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.5265 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3244 days ago · 535 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3245 days ago · 553 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.2254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3247 days ago · 631 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.2233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3248 days ago · 579 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3248 days ago · 572 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.4242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 581 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 563 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 5.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3249 days ago · 548 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3255 days ago · 586 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.3178 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3256 days ago · 537 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3257 days ago · 589 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3258 days ago · 578 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3260 days ago · 547 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 3267 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3267 days ago · 584 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.3286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3268 days ago · 512 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.4218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3268 days ago · 598 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bti7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.