Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 142 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 142 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 4:09 AM GMT+12 (16:09 UTC), 370 km (230 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 16:09:03 UTC
Depth
369.7 km (229.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
16.858° S, 179.370° 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 16.5 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
155°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4178 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 479 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.4125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 660 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.3163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 619 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 532 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.5169 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2913 days ago · 537 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.1191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2897 days ago · 546 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 5.0208 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 630 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 5.4194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 658 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.7162 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 539 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.0218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 550 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.5150 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 544 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.4131 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 610 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.394 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 527 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.786 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 512 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.6100 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 505 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgm1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.