Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 9:59 AM GMT+13 (20:59 UTC), 547 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-18 20:59:10 UTC
Depth
547.0 km (339.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.908° S, 177.067° 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 21.4 km horizontally, 18.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
205°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2865 days ago · 508 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.6274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 490 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 545 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2853 days ago · 593 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2848 days ago · 564 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2844 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2837 days ago · 499 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2827 days ago · 548 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2825 days ago · 538 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2823 days ago · 476 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 2822 days ago · 572 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 561 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2877 days ago · 527 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.4254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2878 days ago · 486 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.6261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2881 days ago · 514 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.1141 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2891 days ago · 550 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.4248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2893 days ago · 525 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2893 days ago · 555 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.5275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2896 days ago · 516 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2897 days ago · 490 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2899 days ago · 519 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2900 days ago · 408 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2902 days ago · 560 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 2903 days ago · 530 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hvwk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC.