Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 3:28 AM GMT+12 (15:28 UTC), 561 km (349 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 279 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 3:28 AM GMT+12
UTC: 2018-08-22 15:28:51 UTC
Depth: 561.1 km (348.6 mi), deep
Epicenter: 18.036° S, 178.000° W
Region: Fiji
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.038 · 212 stations
5.31	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

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 9.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 56°
Stations used: 137

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast332 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 165.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gff5 (also filed as iscgem612700547). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC.