Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 4:01 AM GMT+12 (16:01 UTC), 574 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 244 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-26 16:01:14 UTC
Depth
574.3 km (356.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.706° S, 177.869° 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 32.5 km horizontally, 23.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 143.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h88q. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.