M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 6:40 AM GMT+12 (18:40 UTC), 507 km (315 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 224 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2018-04-20 18:40:33 UTC
- Depth
- 507.4 km (315.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.061° S, 177.748° 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 31.4 km horizontally, 29.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 571 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4273 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3052 days ago · 439 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3052 days ago · 432 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3051 days ago · 577 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3039 days ago · 566 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.9224 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3028 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3024 days ago · 540 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.3266 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3086 days ago · 584 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4250 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 500 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 618 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3101 days ago · 542 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3105 days ago · 480 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ds39. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.