Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 10:08 AM GMT+13 (21:08 UTC), 620 km (385 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 215 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-10 21:08:22 UTC
Depth
620.3 km (385.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.215° S, 178.201° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 14.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3182 days ago · 520 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3174 days ago · 545 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3172 days ago · 482 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3172 days ago · 559 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3171 days ago · 523 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 541 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 574 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 570 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 551 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 600 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3140 days ago · 534 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3136 days ago · 494 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 436 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 4.2243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3125 days ago · 550 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.3221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 547 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.8239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3186 days ago · 535 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.4201 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3188 days ago · 535 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3189 days ago · 475 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3199 days ago · 564 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3200 days ago · 554 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3201 days ago · 583 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3209 days ago · 418 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 559 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.4228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.4225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3214 days ago · 554 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cnvy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC.