Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 8:33 AM GMT+13 (19:33 UTC), 567 km (352 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
2018-08-07 19:33:24 UTC
Depth
567.1 km (352.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.541° S, 178.893° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
66

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2975 days ago · 591 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2972 days ago · 537 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 639 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 400 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 618 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 572 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2955 days ago · 559 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 566 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2951 days ago · 626 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 575 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2935 days ago · 581 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 2922 days ago · 568 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2920 days ago · 599 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2920 days ago · 590 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 2919 days ago · 541 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2998 days ago · 560 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2999 days ago · 583 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3003 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g6ea. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.