Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 172 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 172 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 1:21 PM GMT+12 (01:21 UTC), 623 km (387 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 01:21:32 UTC
Depth
623.3 km (387.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.891° S, 179.061° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 556 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.8234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 486 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.5246 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 551 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 5.7247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 618 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.2238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 600 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 525 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 620 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 568 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 537 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 5.0219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 555 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 506 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.6255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 514 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.2214 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 533 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.7105 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 626 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.6112 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 630 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.8259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 523 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.9253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 497 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 636 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 5.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 518 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.3226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 534 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 4.9256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 541 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 4.4131 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 610 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 544 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 4.5240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 575 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 4.2259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 583 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 4.4271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 512 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.2107 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 649 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 576 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 4.0225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 615 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 4.9261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 565 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 4.2264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 548 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 539 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 555 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 4.6269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 543 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 4.5207 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 599 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 530 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 540 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 4.2124 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 602 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 4.2239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 529 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 4.5243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 492 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 4.5244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 474 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 546 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 525 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 534 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 540 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 523 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 490 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 535 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 570 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 539 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 543 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 563 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 575 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 562 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 513 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 578 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 4.9250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 506 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 4.0239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 533 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 4.6222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 585 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 5.3253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 511 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 5.7263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 520 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 5.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 580 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 8.22018 Fiji Earthquake · 2957 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 36 · tsunami flag
  6. 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 582 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2960 days ago · 564 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.3213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 544 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.1193 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 545 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.3206 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2975 days ago · 519 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.1197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2977 days ago · 563 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.7248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2979 days ago · 561 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1

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