Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 266 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 266 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 7:11 AM GMT+12 (19:11 UTC), 553 km (343 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 290 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-10-29 19:11:53 UTC
Depth
552.5 km (343.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.262° S, 178.174° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
39

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 63.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i61v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.