M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:15 AM GMT+13 (17:15 UTC), 523 km (325 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-25 17:15:01 UTC
- Depth
- 523.1 km (325.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.514° S, 178.027° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 3105 days ago · 456 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3104 days ago · 514 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3102 days ago · 549 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3101 days ago · 544 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3093 days ago · 618 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5261 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3092 days ago · 503 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3090 days ago · 546 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3089 days ago · 518 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 402 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 527 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3082 days ago · 476 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3082 days ago · 578 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3080 days ago · 441 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3076 days ago · 490 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3069 days ago · 464 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3065 days ago · 575 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3064 days ago · 617 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3062 days ago · 516 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3062 days ago · 524 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 526 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3058 days ago · 537 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 538 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 525 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3053 days ago · 497 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3053 days ago · 482 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3051 days ago · 473 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3111 days ago · 501 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3115 days ago · 559 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3118 days ago · 566 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3120 days ago · 530 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3121 days ago · 558 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 540 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3130 days ago · 521 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3131 days ago · 566 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 531 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3133 days ago · 525 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3139 days ago · 593 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d8wt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.