M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 11:46 AM GMT-12 (23:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-25 23:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.514° S, 176.688° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1243 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 362 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3289 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3210 days ago · 392 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3194 days ago · 366 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3177 days ago · 380 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bjxm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC.