Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 10:54 AM GMT+13 (21:54 UTC), 368 km (229 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-16 21:54:03 UTC
Depth
367.8 km (228.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.511° S, 177.715° 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 16.2 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 472 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 514 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2924 days ago · 608 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2910 days ago · 636 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.4292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2910 days ago · 613 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2909 days ago · 483 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2908 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2903 days ago · 580 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 4.2266 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 541 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.2260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2903 days ago · 480 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2902 days ago · 579 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2900 days ago · 524 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2899 days ago · 568 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2898 days ago · 530 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2897 days ago · 560 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2895 days ago · 408 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2894 days ago · 519 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2894 days ago · 606 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.5275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2891 days ago · 516 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2888 days ago · 555 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.5Fiji region · 2886 days ago · 544 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 4.5Fiji region · 2882 days ago · 591 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 4.4298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2877 days ago · 545 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 4.6261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2876 days ago · 514 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2937 days ago · 430 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2937 days ago · 524 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2938 days ago · 554 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2941 days ago · 422 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 592 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.1276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2949 days ago · 533 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.2262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2953 days ago · 508 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 316 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2961 days ago · 531 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 5.0Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 578 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 590 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hics. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.