Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 7:24 PM GMT+13 (06:24 UTC), 626 km (389 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 239 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2016-01-05 06:24:27 UTC
Depth
625.8 km (388.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.348° S, 177.733° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3920 days ago · 599 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.3295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3919 days ago · 579 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3915 days ago · 601 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3900 days ago · 391 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3895 days ago · 560 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3891 days ago · 618 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.3274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3890 days ago · 620 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 3888 days ago · 649 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3884 days ago · 602 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3881 days ago · 622 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 3879 days ago · 612 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 565 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3875 days ago · 565 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3871 days ago · 597 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 595 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 5.1239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 4.5Fiji region · 3869 days ago · 447 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3866 days ago · 536 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3866 days ago · 597 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.1286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3866 days ago · 456 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.6Fiji region · 3865 days ago · 602 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.0234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3924 days ago · 551 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3930 days ago · 451 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.8237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3935 days ago · 567 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3944 days ago · 568 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 3948 days ago · 494 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.6239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3948 days ago · 570 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.7239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3948 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3948 days ago · 619 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 3952 days ago · 470 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004e14. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.