Fiji earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 288 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 1:10 AM GMT+12 (13:10 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 275 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (mww), moderate
Local time: Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 1:10 AM GMT+12
UTC: 2018-09-16 13:10:48 UTC
Depth: 550.3 km (341.9 mi), deep
Epicenter: 18.082° S, 177.961° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 229°, dip 30°, rake -46°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 1°, dip 69°, rake -112°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 9.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 45°
Stations used: 125

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast338 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hfgl (also filed as iscgem615001356). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.