Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 6:22 PM GMT-12 (06:22 UTC), 587 km (364 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-08-21 06:22:29 UTC
Depth
586.5 km (364.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.616° S, 179.173° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 10.7 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
95

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4428 days ago · 529 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4423 days ago · 581 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4417 days ago · 592 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4411 days ago · 615 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4411 days ago · 558 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 4410 days ago · 581 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 4406 days ago · 582 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 4404 days ago · 469 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4403 days ago · 612 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4403 days ago · 623 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 5.2Fiji region · 4402 days ago · 620 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4402 days ago · 587 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4399 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 4377 days ago · 548 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 4375 days ago · 594 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.7Fiji region · 4375 days ago · 535 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 4370 days ago · 610 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4430 days ago · 602 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 4432 days ago · 544 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4433 days ago · 610 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 4437 days ago · 609 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4448 days ago · 636 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 4453 days ago · 610 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 4453 days ago · 602 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4453 days ago · 621 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 4455 days ago · 623 km deep · 30 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s4t9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.