M4.3 earthquake 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 4:51 PM GMT+13 (03:51 UTC), 547 km (340 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-09 03:51:54 UTC
- Depth
- 547.1 km (340.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.855° S, 178.608° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3185 days ago · 620 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 533 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3175 days ago · 545 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3167 days ago · 541 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 529 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3160 days ago · 584 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3157 days ago · 574 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 570 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3143 days ago · 551 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3140 days ago · 534 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 494 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 535 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3190 days ago · 475 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 564 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2196 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 516 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 554 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3209 days ago · 418 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 559 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3215 days ago · 564 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3216 days ago · 553 km deep · 25 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000c2d0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.