Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 76 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 7:38 AM GMT+12 (19:38 UTC), 656 km (408 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-28 19:38:06 UTC
Depth
655.8 km (407.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.698° S, 179.613° E
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 13.9 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
59

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.271 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2881 days ago · 538 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.354 km SE of Suva, Fiji · 2919 days ago · 543 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 5.976 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 652 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.2115 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 679 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.154 km SE of Suva, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 514 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.518 km SW of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 639 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 620 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.6112 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 657 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.632 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 649 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.482 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 632 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 5.495 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 624 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 599 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 5.0119 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 646 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 5.723 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 656 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 7.945 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 671 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000h74e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.