Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 2:27 PM GMT+14 (00:27 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 264 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
2017-01-11 00:27:26 UTC
Depth
583.6 km (362.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.481° S, 177.531° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3531 days ago · 619 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3528 days ago · 602 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.5257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3515 days ago · 613 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 589 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3506 days ago · 579 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 505 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 490 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.2272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3497 days ago · 627 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 572 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3551 days ago · 605 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3554 days ago · 533 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3557 days ago · 630 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 565 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 501 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3569 days ago · 596 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 5.4Fiji region · 3579 days ago · 451 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vqu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC.