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M8.2 earthquake, 2018 Fiji Earthquake, 2018-08-19

MagnitudeM8.2mww

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Depth600 km

Time (UTC)2018-08-19 00:19

Rank in 20181 / 134among M6+

Rank since 190046 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×1,995approx.

2018 Fiji Earthquake · -18.11, -178.15

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 00:23	576 km	Fiji region
M5.6 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 00:30	580 km	268 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.7 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 00:32	520 km	263 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.7 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 00:39	576 km	286 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.6 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 00:55	538 km	273 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.7 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 02:18	618 km	247 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.6 2018-08-19	2018-08-19 02:19	607 km	281 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.5 2018-08-20	2018-08-20 08:38	535 km	264 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.7 2018-08-28	2018-08-28 13:09	601 km	290 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M5.5 2018-09-06	2018-09-06 05:13	528 km	228 km E of Levuka, Fiji

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2018 M8.2M8.2

1919 M7.8M7.8

1950 M7.8M7.8

1909 M7.6M7.6

1994 M7.6M7.6

2026 M7.5M7.5

1962 M7.5M7.5

1957 M7.4M7.4

1996 M7.4M7.4

1910 M7.4M7.4

1937 M7.3M7.3

1910 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2018-02-09	2018-02-09 11:43	557 km	215 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.0 2018-02-01	2018-02-01 11:05	10 km	254 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
M6.1 2017-10-08	2017-10-08 14:04	10 km	156 km NW of Pangai, Tonga
M6.4 2017-08-19	2017-08-19 02:00	544 km	195 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.0 2017-06-25	2017-06-25 17:42	10 km	198 km W of Pangai, Tonga
M6.0 2017-04-18	2017-04-18 17:11	628 km	245 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.9 2016-09-24	2016-09-24 21:28	596 km	Fiji region
M6.0 2015-06-21	2015-06-21 21:28	563 km	Fiji region
M6.2 2015-05-24	2015-05-24 14:38	10 km	175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
M6.5 2015-04-17	2015-04-17 15:52	10 km	181 km SSW of Alo, Wallis and Futuna

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.