M4.4 earthquake 290 km E of Levuka, Fiji

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 4:35 AM GMT+12

UTC

2020-10-15 16:35:21 UTC

Depth

566.9 km (352.3 mi), deep

Epicenter

18.205° S, 177.938° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 10.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

70

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast348 kmSE

After

1. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 21, 2:15 PM GMT+12 · 2172 days ago · 539 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 22, 6:37 AM GMT+12 · 2171 days ago · 570 km deep · 99 km away
3. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 22, 8:53 AM GMT+12 · 2171 days ago · 556 km deep · 71 km away
4. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 24, 4:59 PM GMT+12 · 2169 days ago · 591 km deep · 50 km away
5. 4.2Fiji regionWed, Oct 28, 1:03 AM GMT+12 · 2166 days ago · 624 km deep · 23 km away
6. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 28, 9:34 AM GMT+12 · 2165 days ago · 471 km deep · 30 km away
7. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 28, 4:16 PM GMT+12 · 2165 days ago · 566 km deep · 35 km away
8. 4.7253 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 28, 11:21 PM GMT+12 · 2165 days ago · 524 km deep · 49 km away
9. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 30, 9:29 AM GMT+12 · 2163 days ago · 521 km deep · 44 km away
10. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 31, 5:22 PM GMT+12 · 2162 days ago · 579 km deep · 25 km away
11. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 1, 6:31 PM GMT+12 · 2161 days ago · 553 km deep · 60 km away
12. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Nov 4, 9:38 PM GMT+12 · 2158 days ago · 599 km deep · 61 km away
13. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Nov 10, 9:34 AM GMT+12 · 2152 days ago · 592 km deep · 47 km away
14. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Nov 10, 3:36 PM GMT+12 · 2152 days ago · 448 km deep · 34 km away
15. 4.3Fiji regionWed, Nov 11, 8:42 AM GMT+13 · 2151 days ago · 621 km deep · 76 km away
16. 4.6Fiji regionFri, Nov 13, 3:34 AM GMT+13 · 2150 days ago · 563 km deep · 49 km away
17. 4.1Fiji regionFri, Nov 13, 9:20 PM GMT+13 · 2149 days ago · 626 km deep · 64 km away
18. 4.6249 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Nov 14, 11:12 PM GMT+12 · 2148 days ago · 561 km deep · 71 km away
19. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 22, 3:31 PM GMT+12 · 2140 days ago · 572 km deep · 34 km away
20. 4.6273 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Nov 22, 3:55 PM GMT+12 · 2140 days ago · 557 km deep · 18 km away
21. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Nov 24, 6:16 AM GMT+12 · 2138 days ago · 561 km deep · 96 km away
22. 4.2220 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Nov 26, 6:23 AM GMT+12 · 2136 days ago · 569 km deep · 88 km away
23. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Nov 27, 4:05 AM GMT+12 · 2135 days ago · 554 km deep · 81 km away
24. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Dec 2, 2:23 AM GMT+12 · 2131 days ago · 560 km deep · 42 km away
25. 4.2283 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Dec 3, 3:26 AM GMT+12 · 2129 days ago · 433 km deep · 94 km away
26. 4.3236 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Dec 7, 9:09 AM GMT+12 · 2125 days ago · 589 km deep · 88 km away
27. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Dec 7, 5:18 PM GMT+12 · 2125 days ago · 603 km deep · 11 km away
28. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Dec 8, 1:43 AM GMT+12 · 2125 days ago · 587 km deep · 71 km away
29. 4.2228 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Dec 10, 4:41 PM GMT+12 · 2122 days ago · 596 km deep · 98 km away
30. 4.6Fiji regionSat, Dec 12, 1:52 AM GMT+13 · 2121 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away
31. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Dec 12, 2:25 AM GMT+12 · 2121 days ago · 512 km deep · 50 km away
32. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Dec 12, 7:02 PM GMT+12 · 2120 days ago · 596 km deep · 71 km away
33. 4.1221 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Dec 13, 3:41 PM GMT+12 · 2119 days ago · 601 km deep · 81 km away
34. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Dec 14, 9:08 AM GMT+12 · 2118 days ago · 617 km deep · 28 km away

Before

1. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Oct 14, 6:52 PM GMT+12 · 2179 days ago · 523 km deep · 40 km away
2. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Oct 12, 10:33 PM GMT+12 · 2181 days ago · 594 km deep · 46 km away
3. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Oct 12, 9:48 PM GMT+12 · 2181 days ago · 634 km deep · 11 km away
4. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Oct 12, 2:26 PM GMT+12 · 2181 days ago · 599 km deep · 12 km away
5. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Oct 10, 2:08 PM GMT+12 · 2183 days ago · 595 km deep · 82 km away
6. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 9, 5:00 PM GMT+12 · 2184 days ago · 634 km deep · 56 km away
7. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 9, 2:35 PM GMT+12 · 2184 days ago · 566 km deep · 30 km away
8. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Oct 9, 6:05 AM GMT+12 · 2184 days ago · 629 km deep · 46 km away
9. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 8, 8:49 PM GMT+12 · 2185 days ago · 635 km deep · 59 km away
10. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 8, 10:08 AM GMT+12 · 2185 days ago · 601 km deep · 20 km away
11. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Oct 6, 10:18 PM GMT+12 · 2187 days ago · 646 km deep · 71 km away
12. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Oct 6, 10:11 PM GMT+12 · 2187 days ago · 633 km deep · 61 km away
13. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, FijiTue, Oct 6, 4:15 AM GMT+12 · 2187 days ago · 528 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.6Fiji regionSun, Oct 4, 9:04 AM GMT+13 · 2189 days ago · 616 km deep · 54 km away
15. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Oct 1, 12:02 PM GMT+12 · 2192 days ago · 633 km deep · 79 km away
16. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Sep 30, 9:12 AM GMT+12 · 2193 days ago · 506 km deep · 47 km away
17. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Sep 30, 2:45 AM GMT+12 · 2194 days ago · 573 km deep · 41 km away
18. 4.2Fiji regionMon, Sep 28, 9:50 PM GMT+13 · 2195 days ago · 390 km deep · 73 km away
19. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Sep 28, 6:21 AM GMT+12 · 2195 days ago · 584 km deep · 56 km away
20. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Sep 24, 3:28 PM GMT+12 · 2199 days ago · 590 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cakw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.