M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 2, 2018, 5:15 AM GMT+13 (16:15 UTC), 567 km (352 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-01 16:15:35 UTC
- Depth
- 566.7 km (352.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.793° S, 177.649° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3075 days ago · 585 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3075 days ago · 554 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4292 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3065 days ago · 583 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 580 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3058 days ago · 567 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3057 days ago · 586 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3041 days ago · 618 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3041 days ago · 449 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3040 days ago · 629 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 563 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3031 days ago · 580 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3023 days ago · 505 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3021 days ago · 554 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3019 days ago · 589 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3019 days ago · 555 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3018 days ago · 422 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3077 days ago · 626 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3079 days ago · 615 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3098 days ago · 370 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3101 days ago · 511 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3102 days ago · 376 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dzxv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.