M4.2 earthquake 299 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 299 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 5:18 PM GMT+12 (05:18 UTC), 603 km (375 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-07 05:18:02 UTC
- Depth
- 603.0 km (374.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.267° S, 177.862° 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 17.0 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 587 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 550 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 512 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 596 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 601 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 631 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2106 days ago · 552 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2099 days ago · 630 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 512 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2095 days ago · 553 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 355 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 579 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2088 days ago · 562 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2087 days ago · 613 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2086 days ago · 521 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2085 days ago · 588 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 560 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 578 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 577 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2075 days ago · 601 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2074 days ago · 503 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2071 days ago · 493 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2069 days ago · 599 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2066 days ago · 523 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 635 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2063 days ago · 536 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.3236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 589 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2127 days ago · 560 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2132 days ago · 554 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2133 days ago · 569 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 557 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 572 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2144 days ago · 561 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2145 days ago · 626 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 563 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 621 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 448 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 592 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cpup. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC.