Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 7:14 PM GMT+13 (06:14 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 279 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 06:14:03 UTC
Depth
551.1 km (342.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.379° S, 177.162° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 14.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 571 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 623 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 617 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.1286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 566 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.0297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 590 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 589 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 593 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 628 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.9283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 542 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 592 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 587 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 610 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.6289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 598 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 602 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 607 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 5.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 544 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 579 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.1296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 620 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 588 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 583 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 616 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 4.4293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 596 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 580 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 4.9Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 560 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 5.0Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 578 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.8277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 545 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.6278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 556 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 524 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 548 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 4.7286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 572 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 4.3Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 559 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 613 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 575 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 576 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 623 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 574 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 609 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 579 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 604 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 4.3Fiji region · 2962 days ago · 588 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 4.2Fiji region · 2962 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 585 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 533 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 561 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 539 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 571 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 566 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2961 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2961 days ago · 585 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 4.3Fiji region · 2961 days ago · 544 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 4.6Fiji region · 2961 days ago · 573 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 4.3Fiji region · 2961 days ago · 567 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2960 days ago · 576 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 4.8284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2960 days ago · 561 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2960 days ago · 560 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2959 days ago · 574 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2959 days ago · 576 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 4.5Fiji region · 2959 days ago · 609 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2958 days ago · 585 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 4.0273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 483 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.3294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.0286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 650 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.2284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 586 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 616 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.5298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 598 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 613 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.7296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 597 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 589 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 599 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.6287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 588 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.9284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 578 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.3285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 566 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 621 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 619 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.2295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 607 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 523 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 550 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 552 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 610 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gin7. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.