M4.3 earthquake 287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 1:09 PM GMT+12 (01:09 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-18 01:09:50 UTC
- Depth
- 606.9 km (377.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.851° S, 178.087° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 585 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2197 days ago · 590 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2190 days ago · 633 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2190 days ago · 503 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2190 days ago · 584 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 616 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 528 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 601 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 635 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 629 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 634 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 599 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 634 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 523 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2176 days ago · 567 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2174 days ago · 549 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2173 days ago · 393 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2170 days ago · 570 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2167 days ago · 591 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2164 days ago · 624 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2164 days ago · 471 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 596 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2160 days ago · 579 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2150 days ago · 448 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2150 days ago · 621 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 563 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2147 days ago · 626 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 548 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2220 days ago · 579 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 644 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 565 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 578 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 533 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2229 days ago · 587 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2229 days ago · 581 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 524 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2232 days ago · 565 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2233 days ago · 433 km deep · 99 km away
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c03p. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC.