Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 246 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 246 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:15 AM GMT+13 (11:15 UTC), 553 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-01-02 11:15:48 UTC
Depth
552.9 km (343.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.825° S, 178.368° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
65

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 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2091 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 5.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2091 days ago · 537 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2089 days ago · 568 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 5.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 579 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2088 days ago · 562 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2086 days ago · 521 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 588 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 560 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.2213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 578 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.3202 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 558 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 577 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2077 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.3237 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2076 days ago · 575 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2075 days ago · 601 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2074 days ago · 503 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 4.5248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2069 days ago · 599 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2066 days ago · 523 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 4.0256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2063 days ago · 536 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2059 days ago · 571 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2057 days ago · 617 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 4.3230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2054 days ago · 535 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2054 days ago · 579 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 4.4221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2052 days ago · 535 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2049 days ago · 569 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 4.5222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2048 days ago · 535 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 4.5279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2045 days ago · 610 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 4.7230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 550 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 4.3217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 610 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 5.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2039 days ago · 552 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2038 days ago · 606 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 4.4237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2038 days ago · 571 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2037 days ago · 532 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 4.6198 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2036 days ago · 570 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2036 days ago · 543 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.5241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 538 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 512 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 630 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.3216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2102 days ago · 514 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2106 days ago · 552 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 631 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.4209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 563 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.5225 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2110 days ago · 521 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.4208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2111 days ago · 514 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.6237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2112 days ago · 568 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.1221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 601 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2116 days ago · 596 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 512 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.2228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2118 days ago · 596 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.2205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2118 days ago · 529 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 587 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2121 days ago · 603 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4zx. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.