Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 11:23 PM GMT+12 (11:23 UTC), 588 km (365 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 11:23:01 UTC
Depth
588.1 km (365.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.161° S, 177.994° 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 20.5 km horizontally, 18.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
140°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 541 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 583 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 590 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 616 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 555 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 586 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.4293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 596 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 553 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 555 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 580 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.0225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 615 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 560 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 5.0Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 578 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.9261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 565 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.8277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 545 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.6278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 556 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 561 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 524 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 529 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 4.2264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 548 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 539 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 555 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 4.5287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 507 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 548 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 4.6269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 543 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 539 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 4.5207 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 599 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 530 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 549 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 540 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 4.7286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 572 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 559 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 4.2239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 529 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 577 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 613 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 575 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 4.3270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 577 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 623 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 574 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 609 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 546 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 579 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 4.2Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 610 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 566 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 525 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 566 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 534 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 604 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 4.3Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 588 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 540 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 523 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 586 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 490 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 4.2Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 576 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 518 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 535 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 570 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 5.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 549 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 585 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.1296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 620 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 579 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 5.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 544 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 512 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 607 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 602 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.4271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 512 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.6289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 598 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.2259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 583 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 610 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.5240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 575 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 587 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 544 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.9256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 541 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 592 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 553 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.9283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 542 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 628 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 593 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000giw2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC.