Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 4:24 PM GMT+13 (03:24 UTC), 598 km (372 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
2015-11-10 03:24:42 UTC
Depth
598.2 km (371.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.871° S, 178.763° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
150

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 3978 days ago · 495 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3970 days ago · 541 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.9296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3965 days ago · 545 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.3287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3962 days ago · 518 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3956 days ago · 587 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3947 days ago · 578 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3944 days ago · 611 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3944 days ago · 589 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3937 days ago · 438 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3935 days ago · 519 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 3934 days ago · 493 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 3933 days ago · 555 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 5.0Fiji region · 3928 days ago · 643 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 3926 days ago · 607 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 3923 days ago · 611 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3981 days ago · 601 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 3981 days ago · 576 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.3282 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 3982 days ago · 671 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 3987 days ago · 600 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3993 days ago · 576 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 4002 days ago · 622 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4007 days ago · 556 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 557 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 473 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 576 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003w6h. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC.