Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 12:46 PM GMT+13 (23:46 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 148 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-12-21 23:46:16 UTC
Depth
549.8 km (341.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.418° S, 178.834° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
133

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2275 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 593 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 501 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.4269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 554 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.4282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2828 days ago · 531 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.1228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2826 days ago · 606 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.5208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2823 days ago · 536 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.3202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2821 days ago · 548 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.1154 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2817 days ago · 597 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2816 days ago · 570 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.1264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2814 days ago · 580 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 600 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 560 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.4180 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2812 days ago · 555 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.3238 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2808 days ago · 572 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.5224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2807 days ago · 585 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2806 days ago · 520 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2800 days ago · 551 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 5.5148 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 619 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.4151 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 607 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 581 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.4244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 562 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 586 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2793 days ago · 567 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.3208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 502 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 4.5211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 552 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 4.6213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2787 days ago · 535 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2786 days ago · 580 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.2220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2784 days ago · 535 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2784 days ago · 536 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 4.5254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2783 days ago · 548 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 4.5266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2782 days ago · 587 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 4.3275 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2781 days ago · 447 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2777 days ago · 575 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2776 days ago · 569 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.3283 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 575 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.8276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2837 days ago · 503 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2842 days ago · 539 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2843 days ago · 513 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.1229 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2850 days ago · 511 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.1244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2855 days ago · 560 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 575 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.1261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 580 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 5.7224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2857 days ago · 574 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.2211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2860 days ago · 542 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.4267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2862 days ago · 512 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iw5a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.