M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 8:17 AM GMT+13 (19:17 UTC), 423 km (263 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-23 19:17:18 UTC
- Depth
- 423.5 km (263.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.732° S, 177.184° 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 21.0 km horizontally, 27.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3128 days ago · 436 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 396 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3100 days ago · 376 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3100 days ago · 511 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3096 days ago · 370 km deep · 76 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000db54. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.