Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 255 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 255 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 3:48 PM GMT+12 (03:48 UTC), 556 km (346 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 279 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-18 03:48:07 UTC
Depth
556.2 km (345.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.084° S, 178.267° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
260

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2934 days ago · 587 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 567 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.4266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 521 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 603 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 616 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 572 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.0292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 604 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 587 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.2248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 590 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 601 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2932 days ago · 524 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 606 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 648 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 4.5252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2929 days ago · 510 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.5268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2929 days ago · 609 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 560 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 593 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 620 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 5.8275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2927 days ago · 582 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.9269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2926 days ago · 499 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 5.4263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2925 days ago · 546 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2925 days ago · 543 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 4.2264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2925 days ago · 523 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 4.1286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 554 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 6.7279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 550 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  26. 4.4285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 556 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 597 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 4.3296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 568 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 4.4288 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2922 days ago · 543 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2922 days ago · 513 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 4.3Fiji region · 2922 days ago · 532 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 4.1Fiji region · 2921 days ago · 590 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 4.8238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2920 days ago · 540 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2920 days ago · 568 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 4.4Fiji region · 2920 days ago · 590 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 5.5230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2919 days ago · 590 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2919 days ago · 542 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 4.4Fiji region · 2919 days ago · 604 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 4.4294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2919 days ago · 568 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 4.6217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2918 days ago · 550 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2918 days ago · 539 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2917 days ago · 539 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 4.0286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2916 days ago · 606 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 4.4Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 577 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 4.2257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2914 days ago · 564 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2914 days ago · 560 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 4.2Fiji region · 2914 days ago · 562 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2912 days ago · 551 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 4.5280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2911 days ago · 620 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 4.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2911 days ago · 592 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 4.5288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2908 days ago · 559 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2908 days ago · 579 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2908 days ago · 578 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2907 days ago · 561 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 4.1260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2906 days ago · 505 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 4.3251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2905 days ago · 584 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2904 days ago · 549 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.1Fiji region · 2904 days ago · 520 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 555 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 4.4266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 582 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 4.2259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 533 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 557 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 544 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.0180 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 509 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.2277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 591 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2937 days ago · 561 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 5.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 550 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.5233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 558 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 575 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.9267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 496 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2939 days ago · 558 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 610 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.0263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 569 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.1295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 599 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 614 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 561 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.3243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 532 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 543 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2940 days ago · 558 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 574 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hg7v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.