Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 16, 2015, 4:27 PM GMT+13 (03:27 UTC), 556 km (346 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
2015-05-16 03:27:34 UTC
Depth
556.1 km (345.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.158° S, 177.561° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 451 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4156 days ago · 558 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 4155 days ago · 554 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 566 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4148 days ago · 477 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.3244 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4136 days ago · 255 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4130 days ago · 566 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4130 days ago · 525 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 4117 days ago · 588 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 553 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.3266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 255 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 5.4Fiji region · 4104 days ago · 347 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 4.6Fiji region · 4099 days ago · 569 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 580 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4162 days ago · 604 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4178 days ago · 487 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 23 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002ch2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.