Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 6, 2016, 6:06 PM GMT-12 (06:06 UTC), 611 km (380 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-07 06:06:08 UTC
Depth
611.1 km (379.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.435° S, 179.244° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
79

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3919 days ago · 587 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 3916 days ago · 637 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3914 days ago · 586 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3910 days ago · 584 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3895 days ago · 585 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 3885 days ago · 587 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3883 days ago · 597 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 612 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 5.8Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 583 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 5.2Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 582 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3872 days ago · 538 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 3865 days ago · 572 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 5.3Fiji region · 3865 days ago · 608 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3924 days ago · 593 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 3927 days ago · 643 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.9Fiji region · 3932 days ago · 555 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 3936 days ago · 438 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3943 days ago · 589 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3943 days ago · 611 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3946 days ago · 578 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004c02. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.