M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 2:27 AM GMT+13 (13:27 UTC), 574 km (357 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
- 2017-09-22 13:27:30 UTC
- Depth
- 573.9 km (356.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.186° S, 177.442° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 44
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3275 days ago · 587 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3252 days ago · 483 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 537 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 590 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 593 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 542 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3319 days ago · 354 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 577 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000at3j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.