Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 7, 2018, 3:23 AM GMT+12 (15:23 UTC), 386 km (240 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 290 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-03-06 15:23:06 UTC
Depth
385.8 km (239.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.387° S, 177.701° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.2243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3125 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.0269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3119 days ago · 641 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.7229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3112 days ago · 539 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3105 days ago · 480 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3102 days ago · 588 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3101 days ago · 542 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.6254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3097 days ago · 580 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3091 days ago · 543 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 618 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.4250 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 500 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3088 days ago · 588 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.3266 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3086 days ago · 584 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3084 days ago · 507 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3078 days ago · 615 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 532 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 626 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3136 days ago · 494 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3140 days ago · 534 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 551 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3158 days ago · 431 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dd1d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.