What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 2018
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 18.11° S, 178.15° W
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.2
- Runups
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2018 Fiji earthquakes
2018 earthquake near the Fijian Islands
The 2018 Fiji earthquakes occurred on 19 August, at 00:19:40 UTC and on 6 September, 15:49 UTC. The epicenters were located close to the Fijian island Lakeba, and around 270 km from the small town of Levuka on Ovalau. The first earthquake registered a magnitude of Mww8.2, and is the largest earthquake of 2018.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page