Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 285 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 285 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 6:01 AM GMT+12 (18:01 UTC), 542 km (337 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 290 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-04-03 18:01:05 UTC
Depth
542.2 km (336.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.688° S, 178.022° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3100 days ago · 511 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.6254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3097 days ago · 580 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.2222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3095 days ago · 633 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.3213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3091 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.3231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3091 days ago · 543 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.2286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3089 days ago · 618 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.4250 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3088 days ago · 500 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.2241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3088 days ago · 588 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.3266 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3086 days ago · 584 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.3221 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3085 days ago · 490 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3084 days ago · 507 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.7210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3079 days ago · 537 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3077 days ago · 615 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 532 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3076 days ago · 626 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 5.9290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 585 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.8292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3073 days ago · 554 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3071 days ago · 597 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 3059 days ago · 580 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3056 days ago · 567 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 3055 days ago · 571 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3053 days ago · 580 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 4.4273 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3052 days ago · 439 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 3052 days ago · 432 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 4.1248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3051 days ago · 577 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 4.3Fiji region · 3049 days ago · 561 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 4.5231 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3043 days ago · 550 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3102 days ago · 588 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3104 days ago · 543 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3104 days ago · 480 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3109 days ago · 540 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.7229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3112 days ago · 539 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3114 days ago · 598 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3115 days ago · 518 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 474 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.0280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3116 days ago · 509 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3117 days ago · 552 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.0269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3118 days ago · 641 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3123 days ago · 586 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.2243 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3125 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 3129 days ago · 386 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dy0x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC.