Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 9, 2016, 5:12 AM GMT+12 (17:12 UTC), 614 km (382 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 238 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
2016-03-08 17:12:48 UTC
Depth
614.0 km (381.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.174° S, 178.325° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
130

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3857 days ago · 550 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3855 days ago · 616 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.7206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3852 days ago · 505 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.6215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3848 days ago · 517 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.4224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3847 days ago · 588 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.4262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3841 days ago · 589 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.5238 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3838 days ago · 536 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3838 days ago · 565 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.0249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3834 days ago · 549 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.9218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3833 days ago · 510 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.2226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3833 days ago · 529 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3832 days ago · 497 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.1256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3831 days ago · 556 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.3242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3829 days ago · 550 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3824 days ago · 590 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 4.9236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3820 days ago · 539 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 3820 days ago · 591 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 3817 days ago · 590 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.6225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3817 days ago · 632 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 3813 days ago · 579 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 4.6245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3813 days ago · 517 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 5.3238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3812 days ago · 592 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 4.1246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3811 days ago · 583 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3811 days ago · 571 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 4.2197 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 548 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 4.3231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3809 days ago · 550 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 4.2Fiji region · 3807 days ago · 585 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 4.1275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3807 days ago · 487 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3804 days ago · 473 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 5.2229 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3800 days ago · 539 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 600 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.6246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3860 days ago · 615 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 607 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.2290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3861 days ago · 595 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.3281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3862 days ago · 637 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3863 days ago · 560 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 3865 days ago · 602 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.1286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3865 days ago · 456 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3865 days ago · 597 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3866 days ago · 536 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 3869 days ago · 447 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 5.1239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 557 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3870 days ago · 595 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.4247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3871 days ago · 597 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 4.0207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3872 days ago · 610 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.6232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3873 days ago · 560 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3875 days ago · 565 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 3878 days ago · 612 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3880 days ago · 622 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.5218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3883 days ago · 562 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ws7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.