M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 22, 2009, 7:19 PM GMT+12 (07:19 UTC), 667 km (415 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 272 km SE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2009-05-22 07:19:16 UTC
- Depth
- 667.3 km (414.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.694° S, 179.317° 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 usp000gxda. 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
- 45°
- Stations used
- 164
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 6343 days ago · 573 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6331 days ago · 611 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6326 days ago · 624 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9272 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6312 days ago · 645 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6307 days ago · 599 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gxda. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.