Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 11, 2017, 5:46 AM GMT+13 (16:46 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. 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
2017-05-10 16:46:33 UTC
Depth
555.1 km (344.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.551° S, 178.605° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
29

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 451 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3418 days ago · 481 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 555 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3405 days ago · 459 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3399 days ago · 611 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 602 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 3391 days ago · 574 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 546 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 3371 days ago · 381 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3439 days ago · 598 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3445 days ago · 609 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 3451 days ago · 488 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 611 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008srf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.