Fiji earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 274 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 274 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 6:28 PM GMT+12 (06:28 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2018-08-21 06:28:57 UTC
Depth
555.7 km (345.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.983° S, 178.088° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 513 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 585 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 616 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 565 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 612 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 578 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.9250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 506 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 544 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.0284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 522 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.5293 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 421 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.0239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 533 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 530 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 573 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 567 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2954 days ago · 520 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 512 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 576 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.8284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 561 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 560 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 595 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 4.2266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 568 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 543 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 619 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 574 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 576 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 580 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 549 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 591 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 4.5Fiji region · 2952 days ago · 609 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 4.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 542 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 585 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 4.2254 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 620 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 4.2270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 525 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 590 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 547 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 4.0295 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 541 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 596 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.3259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 547 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 608 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 563 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 4.1268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 572 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 4.2270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 539 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 572 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 4.1295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 574 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 4.1Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 525 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 4.1Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 574 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 4.3244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 587 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 4.1295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 576 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 4.6236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 571 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 542 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 4.6280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 580 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 4.3234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 522 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 626 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 599 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 5.7290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 601 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 584 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 600 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 519 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 585 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 4.1286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 592 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 609 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 550 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 562 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 575 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 583 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.9268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 561 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 566 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 571 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 539 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 561 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 563 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 554 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 504 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 534 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 543 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 533 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 529 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 539 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gef5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.