M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 6:49 AM GMT+13 (17:49 UTC), 394 km (245 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-05 17:49:10 UTC
- Depth
- 394.4 km (245.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.852° S, 178.079° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 15.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3267 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3008 days ago · 371 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2976 days ago · 567 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 639 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 400 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2951 days ago · 330 km deep · 71 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g2bm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.