M4.7 earthquake 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 5:38 PM GMT+12 (05:38 UTC), 568 km (353 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-27 05:38:08 UTC
- Depth
- 567.6 km (352.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.103° S, 177.905° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 541 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 574 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 570 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
- 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 551 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 600 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3140 days ago · 534 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3136 days ago · 494 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3130 days ago · 386 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3128 days ago · 436 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3125 days ago · 550 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3124 days ago · 586 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3119 days ago · 641 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 552 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 509 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3115 days ago · 518 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3112 days ago · 539 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3110 days ago · 540 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3173 days ago · 482 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 545 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3182 days ago · 520 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 620 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 535 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3189 days ago · 475 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqaj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.