M4.5 earthquake 266 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.5 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:21 AM GMT+12

UTC

2020-03-17 19:21:45 UTC

Depth

526.4 km (327.1 mi), deep

Epicenter

18.152° S, 178.171° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.9 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.03

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

54°

Stations used

137

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast324 kmSE

After

1. 4.2222 km ENE of Levuka, FijiWed, Mar 18, 11:21 PM GMT+12 · 2389 days ago · 578 km deep · 75 km away
2. 4.3Fiji regionSat, Mar 21, 6:41 AM GMT+12 · 2386 days ago · 541 km deep · 50 km away
3. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 21, 1:18 PM GMT+12 · 2386 days ago · 471 km deep · 53 km away
4. 4.0268 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 21, 5:16 PM GMT+12 · 2386 days ago · 547 km deep · 14 km away
5. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 22, 7:47 PM GMT+12 · 2385 days ago · 571 km deep · 80 km away
6. 4.0214 km ENE of Levuka, FijiWed, Mar 25, 5:07 AM GMT+12 · 2382 days ago · 547 km deep · 97 km away
7. 4.1228 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 28, 10:15 AM GMT+12 · 2379 days ago · 607 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.2205 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 30, 11:08 AM GMT+12 · 2377 days ago · 522 km deep · 83 km away
9. 4.1212 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 31, 3:23 PM GMT+12 · 2376 days ago · 584 km deep · 71 km away
10. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 1, 7:33 PM GMT+12 · 2375 days ago · 556 km deep · 19 km away
11. 4.4198 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 2, 4:39 PM GMT+12 · 2374 days ago · 549 km deep · 100 km away
12. 4.1260 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 3, 2:39 AM GMT+12 · 2373 days ago · 570 km deep · 58 km away
13. 4.1257 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 3, 3:42 AM GMT+12 · 2373 days ago · 572 km deep · 13 km away
14. 4.3234 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 4, 8:20 AM GMT+12 · 2372 days ago · 558 km deep · 42 km away
15. 4.2240 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 5, 4:37 PM GMT+12 · 2371 days ago · 549 km deep · 66 km away
16. 4.3270 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 8, 5:28 AM GMT+12 · 2368 days ago · 531 km deep · 8 km away
17. 4.5Fiji regionWed, Apr 8, 7:43 AM GMT+12 · 2368 days ago · 602 km deep · 43 km away
18. 4.2222 km ENE of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 8, 4:11 PM GMT+12 · 2368 days ago · 606 km deep · 77 km away
19. 4.3289 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 12, 10:08 AM GMT+12 · 2364 days ago · 539 km deep · 37 km away
20. 4.2Fiji regionThu, Apr 16, 3:08 AM GMT+12 · 2360 days ago · 570 km deep · 45 km away
21. 4.1255 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 17, 8:37 AM GMT+12 · 2359 days ago · 579 km deep · 42 km away
22. 4.1216 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 19, 5:06 AM GMT+12 · 2357 days ago · 565 km deep · 62 km away
23. 4.3262 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 20, 12:38 AM GMT+12 · 2356 days ago · 550 km deep · 7 km away
24. 4.1209 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 20, 8:18 PM GMT+12 · 2356 days ago · 571 km deep · 85 km away
25. 4.2207 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 21, 8:01 AM GMT+12 · 2355 days ago · 602 km deep · 59 km away
26. 4.1278 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 22, 5:01 PM GMT+12 · 2354 days ago · 527 km deep · 30 km away
27. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Apr 24, 7:14 AM GMT+12 · 2352 days ago · 552 km deep · 37 km away
28. 4.3296 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 25, 6:39 AM GMT+12 · 2351 days ago · 562 km deep · 35 km away
29. 4.5297 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 25, 1:41 PM GMT+12 · 2351 days ago · 621 km deep · 39 km away
30. 4.3216 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 25, 11:32 PM GMT+12 · 2351 days ago · 607 km deep · 73 km away
31. 4.8Fiji regionSun, Apr 26, 8:52 PM GMT+13 · 2350 days ago · 617 km deep · 74 km away
32. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Apr 27, 8:03 PM GMT+12 · 2349 days ago · 639 km deep · 10 km away
33. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 29, 2:48 PM GMT+12 · 2347 days ago · 575 km deep · 23 km away
34. 4.6235 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 30, 2:01 AM GMT+12 · 2346 days ago · 578 km deep · 56 km away
35. 4.2Fiji regionThu, Apr 30, 6:46 AM GMT+12 · 2346 days ago · 519 km deep · 54 km away
36. 4.6196 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, May 1, 4:01 AM GMT+12 · 2345 days ago · 538 km deep · 78 km away
37. 4.4272 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, May 2, 12:29 PM GMT+12 · 2344 days ago · 560 km deep · 18 km away
38. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, May 4, 3:03 AM GMT+12 · 2342 days ago · 598 km deep · 21 km away
39. 4.6216 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, May 4, 7:04 AM GMT+12 · 2342 days ago · 518 km deep · 70 km away
40. 4.3Fiji regionSun, May 10, 5:46 PM GMT+13 · 2336 days ago · 580 km deep · 76 km away
41. 4.2234 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, May 11, 3:32 AM GMT+12 · 2335 days ago · 485 km deep · 32 km away
42. 4.2275 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, May 11, 9:50 PM GMT+12 · 2335 days ago · 574 km deep · 12 km away
43. 4.2221 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, May 12, 9:54 AM GMT+12 · 2334 days ago · 589 km deep · 92 km away
44. 4.2226 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, May 13, 1:59 PM GMT+12 · 2333 days ago · 549 km deep · 50 km away
45. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, May 14, 8:31 AM GMT+12 · 2332 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
46. 4.2Fiji regionSat, May 16, 9:22 AM GMT+12 · 2330 days ago · 626 km deep · 94 km away

Before

1. 4.6263 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 15, 11:15 AM GMT+12 · 2392 days ago · 604 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.6271 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 14, 7:19 PM GMT+12 · 2393 days ago · 577 km deep · 6 km away
3. 4.1258 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 13, 8:30 AM GMT+12 · 2394 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
4. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 13, 6:45 AM GMT+12 · 2394 days ago · 496 km deep · 47 km away
5. 4.3251 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 10, 4:39 PM GMT+12 · 2397 days ago · 598 km deep · 30 km away
6. 4.2199 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 10, 12:15 PM GMT+12 · 2397 days ago · 547 km deep · 87 km away
7. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 9, 10:13 AM GMT+12 · 2398 days ago · 550 km deep · 25 km away
8. 4.4266 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 8, 1:59 PM GMT+12 · 2399 days ago · 587 km deep · 1 km away
9. 4.3188 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 7, 1:16 AM GMT+12 · 2400 days ago · 561 km deep · 87 km away
10. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Mar 6, 2:00 AM GMT+12 · 2401 days ago · 577 km deep · 43 km away
11. 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 5, 2:54 AM GMT+12 · 2402 days ago · 625 km deep · 81 km away
12. 4.1Fiji regionWed, Mar 4, 11:04 PM GMT+13 · 2403 days ago · 635 km deep · 77 km away
13. 4.5249 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 3, 5:06 AM GMT+12 · 2404 days ago · 533 km deep · 48 km away
14. 4.3225 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 1, 6:10 AM GMT+12 · 2406 days ago · 606 km deep · 46 km away
15. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Feb 26, 3:58 AM GMT+12 · 2410 days ago · 626 km deep · 26 km away
16. 4.9198 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Feb 25, 2:07 PM GMT+12 · 2411 days ago · 522 km deep · 88 km away
17. 4.4220 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Feb 25, 12:12 PM GMT+12 · 2411 days ago · 620 km deep · 71 km away
18. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Feb 24, 7:23 PM GMT+12 · 2412 days ago · 620 km deep · 23 km away
19. 4.3Fiji regionFri, Feb 21, 11:19 PM GMT+12 · 2415 days ago · 601 km deep · 41 km away
20. 4.3242 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Feb 21, 9:05 PM GMT+12 · 2415 days ago · 564 km deep · 86 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008hb9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.