Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 3, 2014, 6:22 PM GMT+13 (05:22 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. 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
2014-08-03 05:22:24 UTC
Depth
578.8 km (359.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.209° S, 177.368° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 4442 days ago · 568 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4438 days ago · 565 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 4436 days ago · 578 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4433 days ago · 587 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 4430 days ago · 348 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4424 days ago · 522 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.4251 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4417 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4410 days ago · 556 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4409 days ago · 531 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 4408 days ago · 547 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 4405 days ago · 571 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 4405 days ago · 577 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 4393 days ago · 599 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 4387 days ago · 581 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 4386 days ago · 572 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4450 days ago · 611 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 4456 days ago · 601 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 4462 days ago · 525 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4464 days ago · 525 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4468 days ago · 406 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.8298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4470 days ago · 566 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 4471 days ago · 580 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 5.0299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4473 days ago · 558 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 4473 days ago · 586 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s2vf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC.