Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 59 km NE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 59 km NE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 11:39 AM GMT+12 (23:39 UTC), 594 km (369 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 76 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 23:39:26 UTC
Depth
594.1 km (369.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.647° S, 179.673° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
146

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.518 km SW of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 639 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.593 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 638 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.4125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 660 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.458 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 604 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.3116 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 641 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.477 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 619 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.572 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 617 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.170 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 612 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.481 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 627 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.976 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 652 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 5.788 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 639 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.698 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 608 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.142 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2910 days ago · 519 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.271 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2888 days ago · 538 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 620 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.230 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 675 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.1133 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 614 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.632 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 649 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.373 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.5117 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.482 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 632 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.5112 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 652 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.778 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 642 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 4.8115 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 619 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.899 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 634 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 5.495 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 624 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 5.193 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.5111 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 643 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 599 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 5.175 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 632 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 5.288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 633 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 5.1107 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 660 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 5.3122 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 630 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 5.723 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2946 days ago · 656 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h9xd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.