Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 2:25 AM GMT+13 (13:25 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-11 13:25:37 UTC
Depth
550.1 km (341.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.008° S, 178.506° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2998 days ago · 560 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2976 days ago · 567 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2975 days ago · 591 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2973 days ago · 537 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2970 days ago · 543 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.5249 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2970 days ago · 410 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 639 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.1298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2966 days ago · 521 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 618 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 542 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2959 days ago · 480 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 566 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2952 days ago · 626 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 2951 days ago · 554 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.7Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 548 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2943 days ago · 585 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3011 days ago · 556 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 3012 days ago · 490 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 5.0Fiji region · 3013 days ago · 599 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 3015 days ago · 521 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 520 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 563 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 542 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 484 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3020 days ago · 497 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 3020 days ago · 610 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3024 days ago · 576 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3029 days ago · 573 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3032 days ago · 572 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g25n. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.