M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 8:56 PM GMT+13 (07:56 UTC), 557 km (346 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
- 2017-11-14 07:56:20 UTC
- Depth
- 556.6 km (345.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.461° S, 178.706° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3241 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3227 days ago · 531 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3225 days ago · 511 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3209 days ago · 609 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3196 days ago · 581 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3283 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 335 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 554 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 594 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3254 days ago · 592 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 492 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 615 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3262 days ago · 378 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3271 days ago · 568 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bn53. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.