M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 12:37 PM GMT-12 (00:37 UTC), 583 km (362 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-09 00:37:06 UTC
- Depth
- 583.2 km (362.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.986° S, 179.411° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 297
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 583 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3545 days ago · 619 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3524 days ago · 581 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3514 days ago · 521 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3556 days ago · 549 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 606 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 601 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3580 days ago · 605 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3582 days ago · 592 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007s2b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:47 AM UTC.