Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 269 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 269 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 9:11 PM GMT+12 (09:11 UTC), 577 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 289 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-03 09:11:54 UTC
Depth
576.7 km (358.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.030° S, 178.138° 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 17.3 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 125.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hcvi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.