M4.6 earthquake 112 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 112 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 6:22 AM GMT+12 (18:22 UTC), 657 km (408 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 192 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2018-09-06 18:22:23 UTC
- Depth
- 657.4 km (408.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.066° S, 179.534° E
- 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 11.4 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.154 km SE of Suva, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 514 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 656 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7192 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2887 days ago · 530 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 599 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.723 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 656 km deep · 91 km away
- 7.945 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 671 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag
- 4.473 km SSW of Levuka, Fiji · 2963 days ago · 627 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h9q2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.