Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 23, 2018, 7:03 PM GMT+12 (07:03 UTC), 432 km (269 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
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-05-23 07:03:51 UTC
Depth
432.2 km (268.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.361° S, 177.703° 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 22.2 km horizontally, 17.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3051 days ago · 577 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.5231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3043 days ago · 550 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3039 days ago · 618 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.3250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3038 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3029 days ago · 580 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.5237 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3024 days ago · 540 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3022 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.7282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3016 days ago · 514 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3013 days ago · 621 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.2236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3011 days ago · 564 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.3297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3005 days ago · 391 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.4236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3000 days ago · 528 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.6251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2995 days ago · 533 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.4273 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3052 days ago · 439 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 571 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3056 days ago · 567 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 626 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 532 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3077 days ago · 615 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ec2i. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC.