M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 6:58 PM GMT-12 (06:58 UTC), 578 km (359 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-19 06:58:12 UTC
- Depth
- 577.8 km (359.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.996° S, 179.142° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2840 days ago · 561 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 2832 days ago · 589 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2827 days ago · 618 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 624 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 601 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2806 days ago · 583 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2804 days ago · 583 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 585 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.8Fiji region · 2843 days ago · 600 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 590 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 541 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2856 days ago · 558 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2862 days ago · 544 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2864 days ago · 597 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2864 days ago · 541 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2866 days ago · 641 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2870 days ago · 632 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j0ad. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC.