Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 23, 2018, 3:38 AM GMT+12 (15:38 UTC), 482 km (299 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-22 15:38:06 UTC
Depth
481.6 km (299.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.372° S, 177.716° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 551 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 600 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3140 days ago · 423 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3140 days ago · 534 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3128 days ago · 436 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3124 days ago · 586 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.0269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3119 days ago · 641 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 509 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3115 days ago · 518 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 545 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3182 days ago · 520 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 620 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 564 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ceai. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC.