M4.4 earthquake 228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 7:13 PM GMT+13 (06:13 UTC), 530 km (329 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 215 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 06:13:44 UTC
- Depth
- 529.8 km (329.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.504° S, 178.611° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 559 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3209 days ago · 418 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 554 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 516 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 564 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3189 days ago · 475 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 535 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 620 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 533 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 545 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 541 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 529 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3160 days ago · 584 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 574 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 570 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3215 days ago · 564 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3215 days ago · 553 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3220 days ago · 510 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3178 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 572 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3224 days ago · 538 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3225 days ago · 565 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3229 days ago · 617 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3230 days ago · 578 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3233 days ago · 614 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.0243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 607 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3237 days ago · 619 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c56g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC.