Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 1:06 PM GMT+13 (00:06 UTC), 592 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-05 00:06:08 UTC
Depth
592.0 km (367.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.677° S, 178.176° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2943 days ago · 585 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2941 days ago · 422 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2937 days ago · 430 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2935 days ago · 368 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 5.5Fiji region · 2934 days ago · 516 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 472 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 514 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.4292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2910 days ago · 613 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2910 days ago · 483 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2908 days ago · 589 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 2904 days ago · 580 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.2266 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 541 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2903 days ago · 579 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2899 days ago · 568 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2899 days ago · 530 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2897 days ago · 560 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2896 days ago · 408 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2894 days ago · 519 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2892 days ago · 490 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.5275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2891 days ago · 516 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2888 days ago · 555 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.1276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2949 days ago · 533 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2950 days ago · 554 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.2262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2953 days ago · 508 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 316 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.6270 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2962 days ago · 531 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2965 days ago · 576 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2967 days ago · 558 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 543 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2971 days ago · 599 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 509 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgi8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC.