Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 9:21 AM GMT+13 (20:21 UTC), 548 km (340 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-05 20:21:14 UTC
Depth
547.7 km (340.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.672° S, 178.533° 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 19.0 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 585 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 575 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 5.5Fiji region · 2933 days ago · 516 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 2922 days ago · 568 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2919 days ago · 528 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2919 days ago · 494 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2918 days ago · 541 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2917 days ago · 512 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2909 days ago · 483 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2909 days ago · 523 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2908 days ago · 589 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2897 days ago · 560 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2894 days ago · 519 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2891 days ago · 490 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.5275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2891 days ago · 516 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2888 days ago · 579 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 2888 days ago · 593 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 2950 days ago · 554 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 566 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.6270 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2958 days ago · 480 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 542 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 618 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.1298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2965 days ago · 521 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 543 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2972 days ago · 537 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 2974 days ago · 591 km deep · 42 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgjb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.