Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 1:56 PM GMT+12 (01:56 UTC), 534 km (332 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-02-24 01:56:50 UTC
Depth
534.1 km (331.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.625° S, 178.129° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 609 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3138 days ago · 581 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3137 days ago · 505 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3136 days ago · 494 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3130 days ago · 386 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.2243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3125 days ago · 550 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3124 days ago · 586 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.0269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3119 days ago · 641 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.2181 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3118 days ago · 543 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 552 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 509 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3115 days ago · 518 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.7229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3112 days ago · 539 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.2183 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3111 days ago · 540 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3110 days ago · 540 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3105 days ago · 480 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3104 days ago · 543 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3102 days ago · 588 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3101 days ago · 542 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 5.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3100 days ago · 511 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 4.6254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3098 days ago · 580 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3095 days ago · 633 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 4.3213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3092 days ago · 585 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3091 days ago · 543 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 618 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.4250 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 500 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3088 days ago · 588 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 4.3266 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3086 days ago · 584 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 4.3221 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3085 days ago · 490 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 4.2Fiji region · 3084 days ago · 507 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3142 days ago · 551 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 6.0215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 557 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 521 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3155 days ago · 570 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3156 days ago · 574 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.3241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3160 days ago · 584 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.5226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 529 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.3206 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 3166 days ago · 541 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.7230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3169 days ago · 533 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000db5n. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.