M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:52 PM GMT+13 (09:52 UTC), 488 km (303 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
- 2017-04-20 09:52:15 UTC
- Depth
- 487.7 km (303.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.563° S, 178.681° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 73
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3445 days ago · 609 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3439 days ago · 598 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3431 days ago · 555 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 451 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3418 days ago · 481 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 555 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3405 days ago · 459 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3399 days ago · 611 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 602 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 611 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3463 days ago · 522 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 584 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 549 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 565 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008j7h. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.