M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 10:44 AM GMT+13 (21:44 UTC), 618 km (384 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-18 21:44:03 UTC
- Depth
- 618.4 km (384.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.080° S, 178.918° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 542 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 572 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 566 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2951 days ago · 626 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2946 days ago · 548 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 575 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 2934 days ago · 516 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2922 days ago · 568 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2920 days ago · 590 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2918 days ago · 541 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 625 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2909 days ago · 523 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gcgr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC.