M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 8:01 PM GMT+13 (07:01 UTC), 629 km (391 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-06 07:01:49 UTC
- Depth
- 629.1 km (390.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.612° S, 177.574° 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 20.5 km horizontally, 16.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3032 days ago · 563 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3029 days ago · 580 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3018 days ago · 554 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 589 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 555 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3016 days ago · 514 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3008 days ago · 403 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3005 days ago · 563 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3003 days ago · 512 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2991 days ago · 457 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2984 days ago · 548 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2978 days ago · 606 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2978 days ago · 563 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3038 days ago · 449 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3039 days ago · 618 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 586 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3055 days ago · 567 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3059 days ago · 580 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000elca. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.