Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 6:14 AM GMT+12 (18:14 UTC), 546 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-13 18:14:52 UTC
Depth
546.4 km (339.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.520° S, 178.912° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.5 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2605 days ago · 591 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2604 days ago · 570 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2603 days ago · 608 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.8226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2597 days ago · 536 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.2237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2597 days ago · 534 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2596 days ago · 544 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2594 days ago · 595 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2592 days ago · 539 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.0224 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2590 days ago · 557 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.1241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2589 days ago · 613 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.3214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2580 days ago · 540 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2580 days ago · 522 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.3227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2579 days ago · 544 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.3294 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2578 days ago · 459 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.3191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2575 days ago · 540 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.6216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2573 days ago · 539 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2572 days ago · 583 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2571 days ago · 650 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.6224 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2570 days ago · 534 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 4.1133 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2569 days ago · 593 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2569 days ago · 598 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 4.0194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2567 days ago · 569 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 4.7257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2566 days ago · 562 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2564 days ago · 539 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.9211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2563 days ago · 548 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2561 days ago · 586 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 4.0252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2558 days ago · 631 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 4.4267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2557 days ago · 554 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 4.7214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2549 days ago · 562 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.5211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2607 days ago · 540 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.3283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2607 days ago · 562 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.0196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2607 days ago · 548 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2609 days ago · 580 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.0233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2609 days ago · 571 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2615 days ago · 576 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.3247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2616 days ago · 593 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.3224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2619 days ago · 570 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.4217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2619 days ago · 549 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2619 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.4179 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2620 days ago · 577 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2629 days ago · 587 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.1252 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2629 days ago · 597 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.3240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2633 days ago · 547 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600057it. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC.