Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 265 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 265 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Oct 31, 2020, 5:22 PM GMT+12 (05:22 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 274 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-10-31 05:22:11 UTC
Depth
578.6 km (359.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.176° S, 178.173° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2158 days ago · 553 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2155 days ago · 599 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 592 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 448 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2149 days ago · 621 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2147 days ago · 563 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 626 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.6249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2145 days ago · 561 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 572 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.6273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 557 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2136 days ago · 561 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2134 days ago · 569 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2133 days ago · 554 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.3205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2129 days ago · 535 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2128 days ago · 560 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 4.2283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2127 days ago · 433 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 4.3236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 589 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 603 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 587 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 4.2228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2119 days ago · 596 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.6Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 550 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2118 days ago · 512 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 596 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 4.1221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 601 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 4.6237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2113 days ago · 568 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 4.4208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2112 days ago · 514 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2111 days ago · 521 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 4.4209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2111 days ago · 563 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 4.1Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 631 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2107 days ago · 552 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2160 days ago · 521 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.7253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 524 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 566 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 471 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2163 days ago · 624 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2166 days ago · 591 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2168 days ago · 556 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 539 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2170 days ago · 564 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2175 days ago · 567 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2176 days ago · 523 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 594 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 634 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 599 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2180 days ago · 595 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 634 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 566 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 629 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 635 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c8js. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC.