M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 15, 2009, 7:42 PM GMT+13 (06:42 UTC), 582 km (361 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2009-02-15 06:42:03 UTC
- Depth
- 581.6 km (361.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.895° S, 178.451° 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 usp000gu0b. 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6434 days ago · 514 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6408 days ago · 389 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6408 days ago · 619 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6408 days ago · 601 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6404 days ago · 574 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6397 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6384 days ago · 570 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gu0b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:55 AM UTC.