M4.6 earthquake 270 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 270 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:02 PM GMT+12 (05:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-27 05:02:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.861° S, 178.947° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 592 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2946 days ago · 548 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2943 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2908 days ago · 589 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2266 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 541 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2903 days ago · 579 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2899 days ago · 568 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h8qe. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC.