Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jun 6, 2006, 3:00 AM GMT+13 (14:00 UTC), 592 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-06-05 14:00:19 UTC
Depth
592.0 km (367.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.919° S, 178.962° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000ejry. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 5.9Fiji region · 7419 days ago · 663 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7417 days ago · 619 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.6295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7415 days ago · 414 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 7409 days ago · 669 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 7404 days ago · 486 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 7403 days ago · 635 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 3.9Fiji region · 7394 days ago · 600 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 7391 days ago · 671 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 7390 days ago · 568 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 5.1Fiji region · 7385 days ago · 506 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 7379 days ago · 683 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 7379 days ago · 605 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 7369 days ago · 622 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 7367 days ago · 579 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 7366 days ago · 659 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7428 days ago · 678 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 6.0Fiji region · 7428 days ago · 592 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 7433 days ago · 549 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 7438 days ago · 535 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 595 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 7441 days ago · 574 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 523 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 670 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejry. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.