Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 30 km N of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 30 km N of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 10:29 AM GMT+12 (22:29 UTC), 675 km (420 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 59 km NE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 22:29:18 UTC
Depth
675.5 km (419.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.793° S, 179.331° E
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 12.1 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 620 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.359 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 594 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.518 km SW of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 639 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.593 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 638 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.458 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 604 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.154 km SE of Suva, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 514 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.477 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 619 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.572 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2933 days ago · 617 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.170 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2932 days ago · 612 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.481 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2929 days ago · 627 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 5.976 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2924 days ago · 652 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 5.788 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2924 days ago · 639 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.698 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2921 days ago · 608 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.142 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2903 days ago · 519 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.271 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2881 days ago · 538 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.632 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 649 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.373 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 626 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.482 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 632 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.778 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 642 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 5.193 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 626 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 599 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 5.175 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 632 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 5.288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 633 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 5.723 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 656 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 7.945 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 671 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag
  11. 4.356 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2953 days ago · 622 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.416 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2957 days ago · 603 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgle. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.