Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 282 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 282 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 5:10 PM GMT+12 (05:10 UTC), 603 km (375 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time: Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 5:10 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2018-09-07 05:10:14 UTC
Depth: 603.2 km (374.8 mi), deep
Epicenter: 18.134° S, 178.013° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 47°
Stations used: 208

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast337 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 114.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ha4e (also filed as iscgem612708291). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.