Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:56 AM GMT-12 (23:56 UTC), 626 km (389 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-31 23:56:21 UTC
Depth
626.1 km (389.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.274° S, 179.326° 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 15.3 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
39

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. 4.4Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 575 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2935 days ago · 581 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2922 days ago · 568 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2920 days ago · 599 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2920 days ago · 590 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2918 days ago · 541 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 625 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2912 days ago · 581 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2909 days ago · 523 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 2900 days ago · 581 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 566 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2955 days ago · 559 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 572 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 618 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2972 days ago · 537 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2974 days ago · 591 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2975 days ago · 567 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000haf2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.