Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 23, 2015, 1:01 AM GMT+13 (12:01 UTC), 569 km (354 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 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
2015-03-22 12:01:10 UTC
Depth
569.4 km (353.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.890° S, 178.307° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4213 days ago · 594 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4209 days ago · 561 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 4209 days ago · 556 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 4207 days ago · 601 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4205 days ago · 555 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.2291 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4205 days ago · 384 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 4203 days ago · 561 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 4199 days ago · 556 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 600 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 590 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4191 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 4188 days ago · 614 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.6293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4184 days ago · 536 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 598 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 4178 days ago · 520 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 6.1Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 581 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 4175 days ago · 562 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.4295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 580 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 537 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 600 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 583 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 5.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 601 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 4.5Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4161 days ago · 485 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 4.7Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 465 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 4.3Fiji region · 4157 days ago · 487 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 4.0Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 514 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4219 days ago · 506 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4223 days ago · 534 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.3299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4224 days ago · 499 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4225 days ago · 592 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.8291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4231 days ago · 552 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 4234 days ago · 610 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 4234 days ago · 594 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 4235 days ago · 534 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 614 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 4243 days ago · 611 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.4255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4243 days ago · 480 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001pjv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.