M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 10:21 PM GMT+13 (09:21 UTC), 558 km (347 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-15 09:21:37 UTC
- Depth
- 557.7 km (346.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.814° S, 177.864° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3115 days ago · 559 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3111 days ago · 501 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3111 days ago · 523 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3104 days ago · 514 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3101 days ago · 544 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3100 days ago · 376 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3097 days ago · 370 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3090 days ago · 546 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3089 days ago · 518 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 402 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3082 days ago · 527 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3082 days ago · 476 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3076 days ago · 490 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3065 days ago · 575 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3063 days ago · 617 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4292 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 583 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3062 days ago · 516 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 396 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3129 days ago · 521 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3142 days ago · 466 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3147 days ago · 453 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3149 days ago · 546 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d7wf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.