Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 11:58 AM GMT+13 (22:58 UTC), 523 km (325 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-10-12 22:58:09 UTC
Depth
523.2 km (325.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.292° S, 178.587° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2900 days ago · 581 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2887 days ago · 579 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2887 days ago · 593 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2883 days ago · 613 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 5.0Fiji region · 2883 days ago · 556 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2876 days ago · 613 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2869 days ago · 632 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 5.0Fiji region · 2868 days ago · 532 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2865 days ago · 641 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2863 days ago · 541 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2863 days ago · 597 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2861 days ago · 544 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 5.0Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 562 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 478 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2856 days ago · 551 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 3.9Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 525 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 558 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2854 days ago · 541 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 412 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2850 days ago · 467 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 539 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 625 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2918 days ago · 541 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2919 days ago · 590 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 2921 days ago · 568 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 5.5Fiji region · 2933 days ago · 516 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hdeb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.