M4.3 earthquake 202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 5:17 AM GMT+13 (16:17 UTC), 548 km (341 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 148 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
- 2019-01-01 16:17:45 UTC
- Depth
- 548.5 km (340.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.298° S, 178.951° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1154 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2824 days ago · 597 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2823 days ago · 570 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2821 days ago · 580 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2820 days ago · 600 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 560 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4180 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2819 days ago · 555 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3238 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2815 days ago · 572 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2814 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.5148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2801 days ago · 619 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4151 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2801 days ago · 607 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2800 days ago · 581 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2800 days ago · 586 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2799 days ago · 567 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2798 days ago · 502 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2797 days ago · 552 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 535 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 580 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 535 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 536 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2790 days ago · 548 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2788 days ago · 587 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3275 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2788 days ago · 447 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2784 days ago · 575 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2783 days ago · 569 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2778 days ago · 594 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3257 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2775 days ago · 442 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2768 days ago · 591 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.5208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2830 days ago · 536 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2832 days ago · 606 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 554 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 501 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2275 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2838 days ago · 593 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2839 days ago · 550 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2843 days ago · 575 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2849 days ago · 539 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1229 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2857 days ago · 511 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j5tm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.