M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 9, 2015, 10:01 PM GMT+13 (09:01 UTC), 572 km (355 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-09 09:01:53 UTC
- Depth
- 571.8 km (355.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.228° S, 177.475° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 585 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4057 days ago · 542 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4057 days ago · 591 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4031 days ago · 566 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 598 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4025 days ago · 567 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4024 days ago · 587 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000350e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.