Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 5:13 PM GMT+13 (04:13 UTC), 376 km (234 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-04-05 04:13:03 UTC
Depth
376.0 km (233.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.239° S, 177.583° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 3096 days ago · 370 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3073 days ago · 567 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.4292 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 583 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3062 days ago · 516 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3059 days ago · 580 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3057 days ago · 537 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 586 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.3292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3052 days ago · 497 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 547 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3101 days ago · 544 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3111 days ago · 501 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3114 days ago · 559 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 3121 days ago · 558 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 396 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3128 days ago · 436 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dusr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.