Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 1:56 AM GMT+12 (13:56 UTC), 607 km (377 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
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-08-24 13:56:43 UTC
Depth
607.0 km (377.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.589° S, 178.744° 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 18.2 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 551 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 644 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 626 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 597 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 543 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2219 days ago · 588 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2218 days ago · 593 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2216 days ago · 590 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2215 days ago · 565 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2210 days ago · 560 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2208 days ago · 528 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 574 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2201 days ago · 583 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.0197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2199 days ago · 532 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2194 days ago · 584 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 573 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 506 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2191 days ago · 633 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 566 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 633 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 646 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 515 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 601 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 635 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 629 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 566 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 634 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 595 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2180 days ago · 599 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 594 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 523 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 4.5Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 564 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2171 days ago · 539 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2170 days ago · 570 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2170 days ago · 556 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2233 days ago · 586 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2235 days ago · 584 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2237 days ago · 506 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2242 days ago · 586 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.2202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2243 days ago · 533 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 590 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2247 days ago · 561 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 540 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2251 days ago · 578 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.5207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 531 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 590 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 499 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2257 days ago · 617 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2257 days ago · 617 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2258 days ago · 599 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000becb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.