Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 164 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 164 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 10:32 AM GMT+13 (21:32 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 239 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-12-06 21:32:21 UTC
Depth
585.0 km (363.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.355° S, 179.162° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 586 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 501 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.1228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2826 days ago · 606 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.5208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2823 days ago · 536 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.1154 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2817 days ago · 597 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2816 days ago · 570 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 535 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 560 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.5224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2807 days ago · 585 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.5239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2805 days ago · 608 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2799 days ago · 551 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 5.5148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 619 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.4151 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 607 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 581 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.4244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 562 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 4.3208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 502 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 575 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 5.7224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2857 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 6.8187 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2865 days ago · 540 km deep · 59 km away · tsunami flag
  4. 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2867 days ago · 614 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2868 days ago · 541 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000isyr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.