M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 31, 2018, 10:57 AM GMT-12 (22:57 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 south of the Fiji Islands. 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-31 22:57:51 UTC
- Depth
- 601.9 km (374.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.667° S, 179.375° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3041 days ago · 569 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 604 km deep · 0 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3027 days ago · 572 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3027 days ago · 576 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3020 days ago · 610 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3020 days ago · 607 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 520 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3015 days ago · 581 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2999 days ago · 583 km deep · 65 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ej3g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.