M4.1 earthquake 54 km SE of Suva, Fiji
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Suva, Fiji on Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 9:36 PM GMT+12 (09:36 UTC), 514 km (319 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 76 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-09 09:36:48 UTC
- Depth
- 513.8 km (319.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.439° S, 178.856° E
- 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 21.3 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.354 km SE of Suva, Fiji · 2928 days ago · 543 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2925 days ago · 656 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.142 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2912 days ago · 519 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.518 km SW of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 639 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.230 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 675 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6112 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 657 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.632 km W of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 649 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.954 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 599 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.723 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 656 km deep · 52 km away
- 7.945 km S of Levuka, Fiji · 2947 days ago · 671 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag
- 4.416 km N of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 603 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.473 km SSW of Levuka, Fiji · 2966 days ago · 627 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgpz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC.