Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 20, 2018, 12:08 PM GMT+12 (00:08 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-05-20 00:08:14 UTC
Depth
585.7 km (363.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.669° S, 177.851° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3039 days ago · 618 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3038 days ago · 449 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3037 days ago · 629 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.4246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3037 days ago · 582 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3032 days ago · 563 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3029 days ago · 580 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3022 days ago · 600 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 3019 days ago · 554 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 589 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 555 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.7282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3016 days ago · 514 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3013 days ago · 621 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3008 days ago · 403 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3005 days ago · 563 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 3003 days ago · 512 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3056 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3059 days ago · 580 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3073 days ago · 567 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3075 days ago · 626 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 532 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3077 days ago · 615 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eb33. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.