M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 2:21 AM GMT+13 (13:21 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 290 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2018-03-10 13:21:46 UTC
- Depth
- 583.3 km (362.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.626° S, 177.559° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 396 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 509 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3115 days ago · 518 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3100 days ago · 376 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3100 days ago · 511 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3096 days ago · 370 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3078 days ago · 615 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 626 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3073 days ago · 567 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 436 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3140 days ago · 423 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 600 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d5bt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC.