Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 178 km E of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 178 km E of Labasa, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 4:28 AM GMT+12 (16:28 UTC), 479 km (298 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 192 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 16:28:02 UTC
Depth
479.4 km (297.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
16.419° S, 178.961° 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 23.0 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7192 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2949 days ago · 651 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.3163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 619 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.5169 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2924 days ago · 537 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.7142 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 370 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 5.0208 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 630 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.7162 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2959 days ago · 539 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.2249 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2960 days ago · 543 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.0218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 550 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.5150 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 544 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.3240 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 536 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.394 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 527 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.786 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 512 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.6100 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 505 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hglq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.