Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 115 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 115 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 10:58 PM GMT+12 (10:58 UTC), 679 km (422 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 77 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-09-09 10:58:14 UTC
Depth
679.1 km (422.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.518° S, 179.698° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.4 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.477 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2935 days ago · 619 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.572 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2934 days ago · 617 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.481 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2929 days ago · 627 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 5.976 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2924 days ago · 652 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 5.788 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2924 days ago · 639 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.698 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2921 days ago · 608 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.576 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2916 days ago · 656 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.5207 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2889 days ago · 576 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.2189 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2886 days ago · 579 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.271 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2881 days ago · 538 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.5137 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2936 days ago · 618 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.1150 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2937 days ago · 593 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.3116 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 641 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.3131 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 640 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.4125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 660 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.593 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 638 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 620 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.1133 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 614 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.1148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 639 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.5117 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 626 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.482 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 632 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.5112 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 652 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.778 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 642 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.8115 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 619 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.899 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 634 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.8150 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 625 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 5.495 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 624 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 5.193 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 626 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 4.5111 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 643 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2938 days ago · 599 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgq3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.