Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 4:21 PM GMT+12 (04:21 UTC), 489 km (304 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-07 04:21:11 UTC
Depth
488.6 km (303.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.079° S, 177.792° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
134

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2277 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2276 days ago · 563 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2274 days ago · 589 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.5258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2274 days ago · 525 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2269 days ago · 592 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2267 days ago · 623 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.0218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2266 days ago · 607 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 2266 days ago · 598 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2266 days ago · 622 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2265 days ago · 589 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 628 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2261 days ago · 573 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2259 days ago · 617 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2259 days ago · 612 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2259 days ago · 617 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.9Fiji region · 2257 days ago · 529 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2256 days ago · 499 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 597 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2256 days ago · 590 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2253 days ago · 578 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 636 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2251 days ago · 540 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 561 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2244 days ago · 586 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2239 days ago · 506 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2237 days ago · 584 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2235 days ago · 586 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 4.2Fiji region · 2232 days ago · 524 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 4.4Fiji region · 2231 days ago · 581 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 4.3Fiji region · 2231 days ago · 587 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 4.4Fiji region · 2229 days ago · 565 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2228 days ago · 644 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2228 days ago · 626 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2227 days ago · 597 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 4.4Fiji region · 2222 days ago · 579 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2221 days ago · 588 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2220 days ago · 593 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.2228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2279 days ago · 599 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2279 days ago · 605 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.5274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2287 days ago · 596 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.3252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2288 days ago · 584 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.5231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2290 days ago · 569 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2290 days ago · 589 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.3238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2291 days ago · 523 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2291 days ago · 526 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2293 days ago · 623 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.1233 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2294 days ago · 547 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.5237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2295 days ago · 589 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.5297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2295 days ago · 466 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2297 days ago · 397 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 4.0230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2303 days ago · 540 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2304 days ago · 552 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.9272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2307 days ago · 530 km deep · 42 km away

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