Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 96 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 96 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 10:48 AM GMT+12 (22:48 UTC), 620 km (385 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 76 km ENE 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 22:48:58 UTC
Depth
619.9 km (385.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.063° S, 179.769° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.359 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 594 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.593 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 638 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.4125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 660 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.3131 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 640 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.458 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 604 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.3116 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 641 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.1150 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2944 days ago · 593 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.5137 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2943 days ago · 618 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.2115 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2943 days ago · 679 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.477 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2942 days ago · 619 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.572 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2941 days ago · 617 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.170 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2939 days ago · 612 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.481 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 627 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.0180 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 509 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 5.976 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 652 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 5.788 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2931 days ago · 639 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.698 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 608 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 4.576 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2923 days ago · 656 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2921 days ago · 532 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 4.2189 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2893 days ago · 579 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 4.271 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2888 days ago · 538 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.230 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 675 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.1133 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 614 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.1148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 639 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.373 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.5117 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.482 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 632 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.5112 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 652 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.778 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 642 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.8115 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 619 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.899 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 634 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.8150 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 625 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 5.495 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 624 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 5.193 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 626 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.5111 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 643 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 599 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 5.175 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 632 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 5.0119 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 646 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 5.288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 633 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 5.1107 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 660 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 5.3122 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2945 days ago · 630 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hglg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.