August 19, 2018 Tsunami: Fiji Islands
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake began at Fiji Islands on August 19, 2018 at 00:19:40 UTC.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- August 19, 2018, 00:19:40 UTC
- Source
- Fiji Islands
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 8.2, 600 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 18.113° S, 178.153° W
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Small tsunami waves have been observed. (reference #12207 and #13456)
More
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI tsunami event 5686.