Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 10:07 PM GMT+12 (10:07 UTC), 533 km (331 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-08-09 10:07:25 UTC
Depth
533.2 km (331.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.501° S, 178.872° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2242 days ago · 586 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2237 days ago · 506 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2236 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2233 days ago · 586 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2228 days ago · 607 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 551 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 626 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 597 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 543 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2220 days ago · 588 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2218 days ago · 593 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2217 days ago · 590 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2215 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 528 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 574 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 2201 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.0197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2199 days ago · 532 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2194 days ago · 584 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 573 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2191 days ago · 633 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2188 days ago · 566 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 633 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 646 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 515 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 635 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2246 days ago · 590 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.5207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2253 days ago · 531 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 590 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2258 days ago · 617 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2258 days ago · 599 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2259 days ago · 573 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.0218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2264 days ago · 607 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000benb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.