M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 8:08 AM GMT+12 (20:08 UTC), 371 km (230 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-11 20:08:46 UTC
- Depth
- 370.5 km (230.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.163° S, 177.080° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 180
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3633 days ago · 389 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2275 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3610 days ago · 441 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3595 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007d9q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.