Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 12:32 AM GMT+13 (11:32 UTC), 447 km (278 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 296 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. 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
2016-02-28 11:32:08 UTC
Depth
446.7 km (277.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.743° S, 177.882° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
86

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. 4.1286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3865 days ago · 456 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 3865 days ago · 602 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3863 days ago · 560 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3862 days ago · 637 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.2290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3861 days ago · 595 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.6246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 615 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 600 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 614 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3856 days ago · 616 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 3855 days ago · 388 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 3849 days ago · 569 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.4262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3841 days ago · 589 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3838 days ago · 565 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3832 days ago · 497 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.1256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3832 days ago · 556 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 3827 days ago · 399 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 3820 days ago · 591 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 5.4296 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3817 days ago · 342 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 3815 days ago · 514 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 3813 days ago · 579 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 4.6297 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3811 days ago · 349 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3871 days ago · 597 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3875 days ago · 565 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 565 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3879 days ago · 612 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3881 days ago · 622 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3884 days ago · 602 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 3888 days ago · 649 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.3274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3890 days ago · 620 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 3891 days ago · 618 km deep · 24 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004tcf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.