Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 5:04 AM GMT-12 (17:04 UTC), 619 km (384 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-16 17:04:05 UTC
Depth
618.8 km (384.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.170° S, 179.212° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
258

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3532 days ago · 538 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 5.0Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 581 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3522 days ago · 532 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3516 days ago · 541 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 5.3Fiji region · 3514 days ago · 599 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 571 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 527 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 566 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 3507 days ago · 584 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 523 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 4.8Fiji region · 3501 days ago · 532 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 3499 days ago · 634 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 622 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 5.1Fiji region · 3490 days ago · 584 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3547 days ago · 583 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.9Fiji region · 3553 days ago · 583 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 606 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 602 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 507 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 563 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 511 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 592 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 601 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007tj8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.