M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 2:47 AM GMT+13 (13:47 UTC), 569 km (353 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-14 13:47:11 UTC
- Depth
- 568.7 km (353.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.882° S, 177.764° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4098 days ago · 530 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4077 days ago · 501 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4073 days ago · 572 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 558 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4060 days ago · 616 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 545 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 542 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4057 days ago · 591 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 4045 days ago · 559 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4041 days ago · 483 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 4102 days ago · 566 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4105 days ago · 487 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4113 days ago · 526 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 553 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4117 days ago · 588 km deep · 24 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 4121 days ago · 563 km deep · 85 km away · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002xvg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.