Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 7, 2014, 8:27 PM GMT+13 (07:27 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 Fiji region. 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
2014-09-07 07:27:15 UTC
Depth
555.7 km (345.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.183° S, 177.645° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4409 days ago · 531 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 4408 days ago · 547 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4405 days ago · 571 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4405 days ago · 577 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4393 days ago · 599 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 4387 days ago · 581 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 4386 days ago · 572 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4382 days ago · 612 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4377 days ago · 489 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.3292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4373 days ago · 401 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 4364 days ago · 503 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4362 days ago · 554 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 7.1Fiji region · 4355 days ago · 434 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 4354 days ago · 382 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.7299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4353 days ago · 436 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.3259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4350 days ago · 526 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.3289 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4420 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4423 days ago · 580 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4424 days ago · 522 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4426 days ago · 496 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 4430 days ago · 348 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4433 days ago · 587 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 4436 days ago · 578 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 4438 days ago · 565 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.5273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4438 days ago · 560 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sdhm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC.