Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 9, 2014, 11:45 AM GMT-12 (23:45 UTC), 531 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-11-09 23:45:04 UTC
Depth
530.6 km (329.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.930° S, 179.241° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 12.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
45

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4341 days ago · 589 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 4339 days ago · 612 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4333 days ago · 626 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 4333 days ago · 570 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4330 days ago · 586 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4330 days ago · 601 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4328 days ago · 583 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4325 days ago · 427 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4320 days ago · 584 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 4316 days ago · 596 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.9Fiji region · 4307 days ago · 581 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 4305 days ago · 614 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.7Fiji region · 4290 days ago · 609 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 4347 days ago · 533 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4348 days ago · 539 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4353 days ago · 620 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4355 days ago · 442 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4360 days ago · 619 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 4374 days ago · 594 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 4376 days ago · 548 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sysx. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.