M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 6, 2017, 9:51 AM GMT+13 (20:51 UTC), 568 km (353 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2017-09-05 20:51:06 UTC
- Depth
- 568.4 km (353.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.516° S, 178.137° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3310 days ago · 585 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4230 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3299 days ago · 374 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3294 days ago · 496 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3293 days ago · 557 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 574 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3280 days ago · 616 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 517 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 486 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3276 days ago · 558 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3274 days ago · 395 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3271 days ago · 514 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0245 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3264 days ago · 351 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 3260 days ago · 567 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3258 days ago · 591 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3258 days ago · 514 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 552 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3256 days ago · 514 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3254 days ago · 592 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 3313 days ago · 559 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3314 days ago · 527 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3314 days ago · 527 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 542 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3317 days ago · 555 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3317 days ago · 506 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3321 days ago · 555 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 577 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3329 days ago · 592 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3329 days ago · 591 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3335 days ago · 506 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3335 days ago · 534 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3336 days ago · 578 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3337 days ago · 499 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 489 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4252 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 402 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000arpg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.