Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 286 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 286 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:00 AM GMT+12 (22:00 UTC), 572 km (355 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
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 22:00:27 UTC
Depth
571.7 km (355.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.148° S, 177.976° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 159 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 559 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.2239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 529 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 577 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 613 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 575 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 576 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.3270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 577 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 623 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 574 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 609 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 546 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 579 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 610 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 566 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 525 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 566 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 534 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 604 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 588 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 540 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 523 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 586 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 490 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 576 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 518 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 535 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 570 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 5.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 549 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 585 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 595 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 539 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 529 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 533 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 543 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 534 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 504 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 554 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 561 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 595 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 539 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 571 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 566 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 3.9268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 561 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 583 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 595 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 575 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 562 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 550 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 4.4Fiji region · 2967 days ago · 609 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 5.0274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 556 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 513 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 585 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 4.1Fiji region · 2967 days ago · 616 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 565 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2967 days ago · 612 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 578 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 4.9250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 506 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 4.3Fiji region · 2966 days ago · 544 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 4.0284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 522 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 540 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 549 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 530 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.5207 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 599 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 539 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.6269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 543 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.5287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 507 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 555 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 539 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.2264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 529 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 524 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 561 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.6278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 556 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.8277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 545 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.9261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 565 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 5.0Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 578 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.9Fiji region · 2968 days ago · 560 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.0225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2968 days ago · 615 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gis2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC.