Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 18, 2018, 4:52 AM GMT+13 (15:52 UTC), 537 km (333 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-05-17 15:52:12 UTC
Depth
536.6 km (333.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.016° S, 177.988° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 22.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 525 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.3292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3053 days ago · 497 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.5268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3053 days ago · 482 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 547 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.8274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3042 days ago · 516 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3041 days ago · 580 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3035 days ago · 535 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3035 days ago · 553 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3032 days ago · 572 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.4286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3029 days ago · 531 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.0297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3027 days ago · 428 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3024 days ago · 526 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.4298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3022 days ago · 505 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.3268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3020 days ago · 544 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3020 days ago · 497 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 484 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 4.2286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3017 days ago · 422 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 542 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 563 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 4.6Fiji region · 3015 days ago · 521 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3015 days ago · 515 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 5.0Fiji region · 3013 days ago · 599 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3011 days ago · 556 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3006 days ago · 563 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 526 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 3062 days ago · 524 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3062 days ago · 516 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.4292 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3064 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3064 days ago · 617 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 3065 days ago · 575 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.5261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3076 days ago · 490 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3082 days ago · 578 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.1260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3082 days ago · 476 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 527 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3084 days ago · 402 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e9sn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.