Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 8:04 AM GMT+13 (19:04 UTC), 547 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 226 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-26 19:04:30 UTC
Depth
546.9 km (339.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.388° S, 178.753° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2474 days ago · 526 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2473 days ago · 566 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.5249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2471 days ago · 575 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.5240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2467 days ago · 578 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.3243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2466 days ago · 593 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2464 days ago · 549 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.5230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2460 days ago · 582 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.4218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2456 days ago · 544 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2451 days ago · 598 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2450 days ago · 542 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.1192 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2448 days ago · 523 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.3192 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2447 days ago · 603 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.3247 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2443 days ago · 588 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2439 days ago · 572 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.3222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2436 days ago · 565 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2436 days ago · 506 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.9205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2436 days ago · 543 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.7148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2435 days ago · 621 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.0267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2432 days ago · 607 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.6167 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2432 days ago · 601 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2429 days ago · 574 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 5.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2426 days ago · 552 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2425 days ago · 504 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 4.5218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2421 days ago · 559 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2418 days ago · 568 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 4.3242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2417 days ago · 564 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 4.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2475 days ago · 533 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2479 days ago · 437 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2480 days ago · 571 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.1230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2483 days ago · 564 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.3208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2483 days ago · 518 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.1216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2488 days ago · 538 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.4164 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2491 days ago · 552 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.3236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2491 days ago · 535 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.4202 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2496 days ago · 541 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2497 days ago · 597 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.0207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2500 days ago · 609 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.1204 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2503 days ago · 544 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.3219 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2504 days ago · 566 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006raz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.