Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 239 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 239 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 12:51 PM GMT+12 (00:51 UTC), 597 km (371 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, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-28 00:51:32 UTC
Depth
597.0 km (371.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.963° S, 178.426° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
303

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 543 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2221 days ago · 579 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2220 days ago · 588 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2219 days ago · 593 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2218 days ago · 590 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2216 days ago · 565 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2211 days ago · 560 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2209 days ago · 528 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 574 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 548 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.0197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2200 days ago · 532 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2199 days ago · 590 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2195 days ago · 584 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2193 days ago · 573 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2193 days ago · 506 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 633 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 528 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 633 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 646 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 515 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 601 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 635 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 629 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 566 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 634 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 595 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 599 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 634 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 594 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 523 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 567 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 4.5Fiji region · 2173 days ago · 564 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2172 days ago · 539 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2171 days ago · 570 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2171 days ago · 556 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 591 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2227 days ago · 626 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2227 days ago · 644 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2227 days ago · 551 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2229 days ago · 607 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 587 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 581 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2234 days ago · 586 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2237 days ago · 584 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2238 days ago · 506 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2243 days ago · 586 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 533 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2247 days ago · 590 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 561 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2250 days ago · 540 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2251 days ago · 636 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 578 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.5207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 531 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 590 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 2255 days ago · 597 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2256 days ago · 499 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000be47. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.