Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 2:51 PM GMT+13 (01:51 UTC), 553 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
2015-06-29 01:51:50 UTC
Depth
553.4 km (343.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.546° S, 177.535° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4115 days ago · 464 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 526 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4113 days ago · 558 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4107 days ago · 487 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.3266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4107 days ago · 255 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 4100 days ago · 569 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4099 days ago · 530 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4079 days ago · 501 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 572 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 4065 days ago · 585 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4062 days ago · 616 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 542 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.7Fiji region · 4058 days ago · 591 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 445 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 588 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 453 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4132 days ago · 566 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4135 days ago · 492 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4135 days ago · 526 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4137 days ago · 550 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.3244 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4137 days ago · 255 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002m9g. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.