Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Dec 27, 2020, 8:54 AM GMT+13 (19:54 UTC), 514 km (320 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-12-26 19:54:20 UTC
Depth
514.3 km (319.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.313° S, 178.799° W
Region
Fiji
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 14.7 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 538 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2096 days ago · 553 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.0198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2092 days ago · 553 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 5.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2091 days ago · 537 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2089 days ago · 568 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 5.2Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 579 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2088 days ago · 562 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.2213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 578 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.3202 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 558 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2078 days ago · 533 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.3237 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2077 days ago · 575 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2075 days ago · 601 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2074 days ago · 503 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.5248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2069 days ago · 599 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.3125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2063 days ago · 589 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2059 days ago · 571 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.3230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2055 days ago · 535 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2055 days ago · 579 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.4221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2052 days ago · 535 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 4.5222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2048 days ago · 535 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 4.4209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 563 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 521 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.4208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2111 days ago · 514 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.6237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2113 days ago · 568 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.1221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 601 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 596 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 512 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.2228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2119 days ago · 596 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.2205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2119 days ago · 529 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 587 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.3236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 589 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.2283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2126 days ago · 433 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.3205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2129 days ago · 535 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d39c. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.