M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 8, 2017, 2:13 PM GMT+13 (01:13 UTC), 522 km (324 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
- 2017-04-08 01:13:07 UTC
- Depth
- 521.8 km (324.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.282° S, 178.793° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 611 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3451 days ago · 488 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3446 days ago · 609 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3439 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3431 days ago · 555 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 592 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 451 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3418 days ago · 481 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3413 days ago · 555 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 646 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3405 days ago · 459 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3405 days ago · 449 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.9Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 584 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 549 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 565 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 560 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3490 days ago · 584 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008fqq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.