Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 8:50 AM GMT+13 (19:50 UTC), 574 km (357 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
2017-06-19 19:50:37 UTC
Depth
574.0 km (356.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.165° S, 178.799° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
108

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 546 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 3371 days ago · 381 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.4280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 409 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3351 days ago · 555 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 5.0Fiji region · 3350 days ago · 575 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 520 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 3348 days ago · 573 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 581 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 580 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 567 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3337 days ago · 578 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 602 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3399 days ago · 611 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3404 days ago · 459 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 646 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 555 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3418 days ago · 481 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 451 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 598 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009nm4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.