M4.3 earthquake 168 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 168 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 3:54 AM GMT+12 (15:54 UTC), 654 km (406 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-26 15:54:47 UTC
- Depth
- 653.9 km (406.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.661° S, 179.155° 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 19.7 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 555 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4175 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1738 days ago · 574 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1737 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1736 days ago · 544 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1734 days ago · 550 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1732 days ago · 560 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1729 days ago · 583 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1723 days ago · 540 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1717 days ago · 542 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2211 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1717 days ago · 527 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1716 days ago · 565 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1716 days ago · 572 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1714 days ago · 616 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1713 days ago · 547 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1710 days ago · 583 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1708 days ago · 530 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1704 days ago · 552 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4184 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1702 days ago · 556 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4261 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1697 days ago · 519 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1697 days ago · 550 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4253 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1691 days ago · 551 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2220 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1689 days ago · 484 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8201 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1682 days ago · 539 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1681 days ago · 554 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1679 days ago · 598 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 6.1141 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 639 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5146 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1740 days ago · 609 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1741 days ago · 579 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1745 days ago · 606 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.7231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1747 days ago · 575 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1752 days ago · 532 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1752 days ago · 526 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1754 days ago · 584 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1757 days ago · 510 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2205 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1758 days ago · 399 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1759 days ago · 538 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1762 days ago · 641 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g9m4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.