Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 4:54 PM GMT+12 (04:54 UTC), 604 km (376 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-20 04:54:07 UTC
Depth
604.4 km (375.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.095° S, 178.009° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
19

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 179 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 588 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 540 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 523 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 586 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 490 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 576 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 518 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 5.5264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 535 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 570 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 5.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 549 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 585 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 595 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 539 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 529 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 533 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 543 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 534 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 504 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 554 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 561 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 595 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 539 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 571 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 566 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 3.9268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 561 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 4.6293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 583 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 595 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 4.1247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 575 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 4.1259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 562 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 550 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 4.4Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 609 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 5.0274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 556 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 513 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 585 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 4.1Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 616 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 612 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 578 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 4.9250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 506 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 544 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 4.0284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 522 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 4.5293 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 421 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 4.0239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 533 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 4.1Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 530 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 4.6Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 573 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 4.3Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 567 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 4.5Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 520 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2964 days ago · 512 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 576 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 4.8284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 561 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 560 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 595 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 4.2266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 568 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 543 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 619 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 574 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 576 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 580 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2962 days ago · 549 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 534 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 566 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.4232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 525 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 566 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 610 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 579 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 546 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2965 days ago · 609 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 574 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 623 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.3270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 577 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 576 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 575 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.5243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 492 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 613 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.4291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 577 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.2239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 529 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2966 days ago · 559 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.7286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 572 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 540 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gjev. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.