Mw 6.8 Fiji Region

On 19 August 2018 a strong earthquake occurred in the Fiji Region at a depth of 420 km. The seismic event occurred at 04:28:58 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.8. It was an aftershock of a great earthquake that occurred several hours earlier.

See also the great earthquake in the Fiji Region

Sun-Venus-Saturn          2018-08-14, 14:26:13  277°02'30"
Sun-Mercury-Neptune       2018-08-16, 10:24:10  344°40'59"
Venus-Mars-Neptune        2018-08-20,  4:10:00  345°54'44"

Earth-Moon-Venus          2018-08-14, 17:36:38  187°30'49"
Moon-Earth-Uranus         2018-08-16, 12:54:54   32°16'16"
Earth-Moon-Jupiter        2018-08-17, 12:31:50  225°09'18"
          

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