Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 272 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 272 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:11 PM GMT+13 (08:11 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-12-14 08:11:44 UTC
Depth
540.5 km (335.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.246° S, 178.112° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 583 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.5239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 586 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.8276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 503 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.3283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 575 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.2275 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 593 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 501 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 589 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.4269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2830 days ago · 554 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.4268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2829 days ago · 552 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2828 days ago · 531 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 2828 days ago · 516 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2827 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.1228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2825 days ago · 606 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2825 days ago · 592 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 590 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.5208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2823 days ago · 536 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 2822 days ago · 437 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2822 days ago · 555 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.0285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2822 days ago · 569 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 2821 days ago · 610 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 4.3294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2819 days ago · 605 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 4.1262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2819 days ago · 543 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2817 days ago · 578 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2816 days ago · 570 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 4.1264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2814 days ago · 580 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 4.1Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 512 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 600 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 4.6296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 485 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.3Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 443 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 535 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 4.3Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 560 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 4.7265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2811 days ago · 540 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 4.9292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2810 days ago · 583 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2809 days ago · 563 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 4.5224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2807 days ago · 585 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2806 days ago · 520 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 4.5239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2805 days ago · 608 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 4.4Fiji region · 2805 days ago · 586 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 4.5278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2803 days ago · 602 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2799 days ago · 551 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 4.5287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2797 days ago · 596 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 4.8298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2796 days ago · 605 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 522 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 581 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 4.4244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 562 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 4.4Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 586 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2792 days ago · 567 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 546 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 4.5277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 590 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 4.3208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 502 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 4.8267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2790 days ago · 549 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 4.4285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2789 days ago · 559 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.6296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2787 days ago · 619 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2786 days ago · 580 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2784 days ago · 536 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 4.5254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2783 days ago · 548 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 4.5266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2782 days ago · 587 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2780 days ago · 571 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 4.2Fiji region · 2780 days ago · 507 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.4293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2841 days ago · 571 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2842 days ago · 539 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2842 days ago · 513 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2843 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.6285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2844 days ago · 602 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2846 days ago · 451 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.9269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2847 days ago · 564 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.8267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2849 days ago · 569 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.5296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2850 days ago · 447 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.4294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2851 days ago · 591 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.7259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2851 days ago · 524 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 575 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 580 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.5273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 569 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 5.7224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2857 days ago · 574 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2858 days ago · 568 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2858 days ago · 627 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.3275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2861 days ago · 618 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.4267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2862 days ago · 512 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2862 days ago · 529 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000itij. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.