Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 257 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 257 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 8:57 AM GMT+12 (20:57 UTC), 506 km (314 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
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-08-15 20:57:52 UTC
Depth
505.8 km (314.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.075° S, 178.247° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2233 days ago · 584 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2231 days ago · 586 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 581 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 587 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 607 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 551 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 644 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 626 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2223 days ago · 597 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2218 days ago · 579 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2217 days ago · 588 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2216 days ago · 593 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2215 days ago · 590 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2213 days ago · 565 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 560 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 528 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2205 days ago · 574 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2205 days ago · 548 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2202 days ago · 607 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.0197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2197 days ago · 532 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2196 days ago · 590 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 584 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2190 days ago · 573 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2190 days ago · 506 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2189 days ago · 633 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 4.6Fiji region · 2186 days ago · 616 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 566 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 528 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 633 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 646 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 515 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 601 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 635 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 629 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 566 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 634 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2180 days ago · 595 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 599 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 634 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 594 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2176 days ago · 523 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2240 days ago · 586 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2241 days ago · 533 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2243 days ago · 590 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 561 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2247 days ago · 540 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2248 days ago · 636 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 578 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.5207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2250 days ago · 531 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 590 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 597 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 499 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 529 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 617 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 617 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2256 days ago · 599 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2257 days ago · 573 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 2258 days ago · 628 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 589 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 622 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.7Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 598 km deep · 93 km away

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