Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 249 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 249 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 11:12 PM GMT+12 (11:12 UTC), 561 km (349 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-11-14 11:12:55 UTC
Depth
561.2 km (348.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.704° S, 178.361° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 572 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.6273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 557 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2135 days ago · 561 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2133 days ago · 569 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2132 days ago · 554 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.3205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2128 days ago · 535 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2127 days ago · 560 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.2283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2126 days ago · 433 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.3236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 589 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 603 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 587 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.2205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2119 days ago · 529 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.2228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2119 days ago · 596 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 512 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 596 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.1221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 601 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.6237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2113 days ago · 568 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.4208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2111 days ago · 514 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 521 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.4209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 563 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.1Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 631 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2106 days ago · 552 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 4.3216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2102 days ago · 514 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 630 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 512 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 4.5241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 538 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2095 days ago · 553 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 4.0198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2092 days ago · 553 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 5.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2091 days ago · 537 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2089 days ago · 568 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 5.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 579 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2088 days ago · 562 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 4.3Fiji region · 2086 days ago · 521 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2085 days ago · 588 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 560 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 592 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 2154 days ago · 416 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2154 days ago · 599 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2157 days ago · 553 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2158 days ago · 579 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2160 days ago · 521 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2161 days ago · 563 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.7253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2161 days ago · 524 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 566 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 471 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 624 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2166 days ago · 591 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2168 days ago · 556 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2168 days ago · 570 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 539 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 2170 days ago · 564 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2174 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cewt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.