M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 4:01 PM GMT-12 (04:01 UTC), 560 km (348 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-19 04:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 559.7 km (347.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.853° S, 179.097° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 3175 days ago · 580 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 3162 days ago · 543 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3155 days ago · 604 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 600 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3139 days ago · 593 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 609 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3122 days ago · 567 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3190 days ago · 552 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3192 days ago · 565 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3196 days ago · 581 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000cdle. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.