M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 29, 2017, 10:58 PM GMT-12 (10:58 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-30 10:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 581.3 km (361.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.825° S, 179.450° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 75
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3192 days ago · 565 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3190 days ago · 552 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3176 days ago · 560 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 3175 days ago · 580 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 3162 days ago · 543 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3155 days ago · 604 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3140 days ago · 600 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000by4e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.