Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 229 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 229 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 3:05 PM GMT+12 (03:05 UTC), 590 km (367 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-07-30 03:05:51 UTC
Depth
590.2 km (366.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.948° S, 178.519° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2251 days ago · 531 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2250 days ago · 578 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 636 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2247 days ago · 540 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2246 days ago · 561 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2244 days ago · 590 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2242 days ago · 533 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2241 days ago · 586 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2236 days ago · 506 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2234 days ago · 584 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2231 days ago · 586 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2228 days ago · 581 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2228 days ago · 587 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2227 days ago · 607 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 551 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 644 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 626 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2223 days ago · 597 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2222 days ago · 543 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 2219 days ago · 579 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2218 days ago · 588 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2217 days ago · 593 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2215 days ago · 590 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2213 days ago · 565 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 560 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 528 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 574 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2205 days ago · 548 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 4.0197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2198 days ago · 532 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2196 days ago · 590 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2193 days ago · 584 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 597 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2253 days ago · 499 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 617 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2256 days ago · 617 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2257 days ago · 599 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2257 days ago · 573 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 589 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.0218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2263 days ago · 607 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2266 days ago · 592 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.5258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2270 days ago · 525 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2270 days ago · 589 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.3252 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2274 days ago · 588 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.0207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2274 days ago · 544 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.8236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2274 days ago · 585 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2275 days ago · 489 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.2228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2275 days ago · 599 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2276 days ago · 605 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b9py. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.