M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 23, 2008, 12:07 AM GMT+13 (11:07 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-12-22 11:07:45 UTC
- Depth
- 550.8 km (342.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.949° S, 177.557° 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 usp000gr66. 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
- 123°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 6495 days ago · 605 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6499 days ago · 381 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6499 days ago · 603 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6504 days ago · 610 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6508 days ago · 405 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6508 days ago · 581 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 6516 days ago · 386 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6520 days ago · 578 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6521 days ago · 566 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0284 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6522 days ago · 275 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gr66. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.