M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 5:50 PM GMT+14 (03:50 UTC), 483 km (300 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-13 03:50:58 UTC
- Depth
- 482.8 km (300.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.944° S, 177.795° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3608 days ago · 487 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 607 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3607 days ago · 617 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3603 days ago · 568 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3602 days ago · 510 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3601 days ago · 482 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3597 days ago · 575 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 499 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 515 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3587 days ago · 548 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3583 days ago · 497 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3580 days ago · 514 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3577 days ago · 560 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3571 days ago · 589 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3570 days ago · 602 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3570 days ago · 604 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 568 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 576 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3566 days ago · 556 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3566 days ago · 496 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 546 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 576 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 501 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 600 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3554 days ago · 391 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3552 days ago · 525 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 557 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3612 days ago · 556 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3612 days ago · 544 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3614 days ago · 568 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3616 days ago · 571 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 524 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 596 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4294 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 537 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 515 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3637 days ago · 528 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 538 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3639 days ago · 429 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 563 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007778. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.