M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jan 9, 2009, 4:29 PM GMT-12 (04:29 UTC), 654 km (406 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
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
- 2009-01-10 04:29:58 UTC
- Depth
- 654.0 km (406.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.752° S, 179.500° 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 usp000gsed. 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
- 62°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 6471 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6463 days ago · 614 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6452 days ago · 590 km deep · 9 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gsed. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.