Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 20, 2018, 1:24 PM GMT+12 (01:24 UTC), 571 km (355 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 282 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-05-20 01:24:07 UTC
Depth
570.9 km (354.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.371° S, 177.916° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 18.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3053 days ago · 580 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.4273 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3052 days ago · 439 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 3052 days ago · 432 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.1248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3051 days ago · 577 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3049 days ago · 561 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.5231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3044 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3040 days ago · 618 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.3250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3039 days ago · 566 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.4246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3037 days ago · 582 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3030 days ago · 568 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3029 days ago · 580 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3027 days ago · 539 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3027 days ago · 554 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.5237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3024 days ago · 540 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3023 days ago · 600 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.1214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3017 days ago · 567 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.7282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3016 days ago · 514 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3014 days ago · 621 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.2236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3012 days ago · 564 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 4.5207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3011 days ago · 546 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 4.6218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3010 days ago · 572 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.3297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3005 days ago · 391 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.3223 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3002 days ago · 565 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 4.4236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3001 days ago · 528 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 4.2227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3000 days ago · 590 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 4.6251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2995 days ago · 533 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3056 days ago · 567 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3071 days ago · 597 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 626 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 532 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3078 days ago · 615 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.7210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3079 days ago · 537 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3084 days ago · 507 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eb34. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.