Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 270 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 270 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 6:00 PM GMT+12 (06:00 UTC), 539 km (335 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 244 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-26 06:00:50 UTC
Depth
539.3 km (335.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.915° S, 178.139° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 15.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.1295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 574 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 525 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 574 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 587 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.1295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 576 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.6236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2949 days ago · 571 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.2249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 542 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.6280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 580 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.3234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2948 days ago · 522 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 626 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 599 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 5.7290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 601 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 584 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 600 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 519 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 585 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.1286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 592 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 586 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.5274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 577 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 637 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 549 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 543 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 582 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 4.6291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.2Fiji region · 2944 days ago · 554 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 4.2275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2944 days ago · 592 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 4.4292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2944 days ago · 586 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 4.4285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2943 days ago · 600 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 4.1250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2943 days ago · 591 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 4.2Fiji region · 2943 days ago · 521 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 4.2247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2943 days ago · 527 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 4.2290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 605 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 4.1Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 621 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 4.1269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 577 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 4.4289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 576 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 594 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 4.2258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 562 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 594 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 4.1Fiji region · 2940 days ago · 530 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 520 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 4.1266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 525 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 4.8Fiji region · 2940 days ago · 565 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 561 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 5.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 528 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 4.8Fiji region · 2938 days ago · 549 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 5.4194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 658 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 528 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 4.2270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 545 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 5.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 603 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 4.1297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 570 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 4.2Fiji region · 2937 days ago · 585 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 4.0264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 598 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 4.2247 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 562 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.3224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 535 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 5.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 577 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.2270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 552 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 559 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2932 days ago · 574 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 4.1268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 572 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 563 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 608 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.3259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 547 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 596 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.0295 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2950 days ago · 541 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.1281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 547 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 590 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.2270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2951 days ago · 525 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.2254 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 620 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 585 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 542 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2952 days ago · 609 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 591 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 549 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 580 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 4.6299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 576 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2952 days ago · 574 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 4.4264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 619 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 543 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h87n. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC.