Fiji earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 8:24 AM GMT+12 (20:24 UTC), 577 km (359 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: 5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time: Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 8:24 AM GMT+12
UTC: 2018-09-10 20:24:41 UTC
Depth: 577.0 km (358.5 mi), deep
Epicenter: 17.899° S, 178.001° W
Region: Fiji
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 11.1 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 31°
Stations used: 110

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast324 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 111.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hc33 (also filed as iscgem616327003). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.