Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 243 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 243 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 3:27 PM GMT+12 (03:27 UTC), 560 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 03:27:11 UTC
Depth
560.0 km (348.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.689° S, 178.477° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 16.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
247°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

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. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 576 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 512 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 5.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 544 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 588 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 590 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 586 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.4293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 596 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.0225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 615 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 2957 days ago · 560 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 5.0Fiji region · 2957 days ago · 578 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.9261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 565 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.8277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 545 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.6278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 561 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 524 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.2264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 548 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 539 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 555 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 548 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 539 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 4.5207 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 599 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 549 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.7286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 572 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 577 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 575 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 576 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 4.3270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 577 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 623 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 574 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 609 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 546 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 579 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 4.2Fiji region · 2956 days ago · 610 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 525 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 566 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 534 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 604 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 523 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 490 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 535 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 570 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 5.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 549 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 595 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2956 days ago · 543 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 534 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 504 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 554 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 563 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 539 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 571 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 566 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 3.9268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 561 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 583 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 595 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 575 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 562 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2955 days ago · 550 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gitb. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC.