Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 16, 2008, 3:46 PM GMT+13 (02:46 UTC), 572 km (355 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
2008-09-16 02:46:46 UTC
Depth
571.6 km (355.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.310° S, 177.387° 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 usp000gh4h. 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
147°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4221 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 350 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.3Fiji region · 6587 days ago · 608 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 6587 days ago · 575 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.9279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6587 days ago · 467 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 6582 days ago · 493 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 6580 days ago · 588 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.6296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6578 days ago · 560 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.7278 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6574 days ago · 268 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 6571 days ago · 477 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.8Fiji region · 6553 days ago · 567 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 6550 days ago · 506 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 6547 days ago · 579 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 6547 days ago · 582 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 3.4Fiji region · 6544 days ago · 584 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 3.6Fiji region · 6542 days ago · 581 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 6541 days ago · 585 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.9Fiji region · 6539 days ago · 586 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 6539 days ago · 591 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 3.9Fiji region · 6533 days ago · 585 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 474 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 476 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6596 days ago · 550 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 6597 days ago · 549 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 6598 days ago · 468 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.9Fiji region · 6606 days ago · 497 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6616 days ago · 377 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.8Fiji region · 6616 days ago · 571 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.8Fiji region · 6617 days ago · 622 km deep · 67 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gh4h. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC.