Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 2:48 PM GMT+12 (02:48 UTC), 568 km (353 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 02:48:51 UTC
Depth
568.4 km (353.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.448° S, 178.520° 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 18.7 km horizontally, 19.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2957 days ago · 588 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 540 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 523 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 586 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 490 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 576 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 518 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 535 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 570 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 5.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 549 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 585 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 595 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 539 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 533 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 543 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 534 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 504 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 554 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 563 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 561 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 595 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 539 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 571 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 566 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 3.9268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 561 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 583 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 595 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 575 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 562 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 550 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 4.4Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 609 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 5.0274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 556 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 513 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 585 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 565 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 612 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 578 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 4.9250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 506 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 4.3Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 544 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 4.0284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 522 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 4.0239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 533 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 4.1Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 530 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 4.6Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 573 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 4.5Fiji region · 2955 days ago · 520 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 512 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 576 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 4.8284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 561 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 560 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 595 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 4.2266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 568 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 543 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2954 days ago · 619 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 574 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 576 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 591 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 4.5Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 609 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 4.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 542 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 585 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 4.2254 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 620 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000git6. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.