Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 6:57 AM GMT+13 (17:57 UTC), 370 km (230 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-04-08 17:57:43 UTC
Depth
369.8 km (229.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.242° S, 177.659° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3074 days ago · 567 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.4292 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3064 days ago · 583 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3062 days ago · 516 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3060 days ago · 580 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3058 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 586 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.3292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3053 days ago · 497 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 547 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3039 days ago · 449 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3038 days ago · 629 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 3100 days ago · 376 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3101 days ago · 544 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3111 days ago · 501 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3115 days ago · 559 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3121 days ago · 558 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 396 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dzs8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.