Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 9:45 AM GMT+13 (20:45 UTC), 512 km (318 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-28 20:45:05 UTC
Depth
512.0 km (318.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.716° S, 178.436° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3160 days ago · 553 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3159 days ago · 573 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3159 days ago · 467 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 5.3Fiji region · 3157 days ago · 560 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3153 days ago · 528 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 5.5Fiji region · 3153 days ago · 631 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3150 days ago · 561 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 3149 days ago · 546 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3148 days ago · 453 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 3143 days ago · 466 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 3139 days ago · 593 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 3133 days ago · 525 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 531 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 609 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 566 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3130 days ago · 521 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 5.7Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 540 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 3120 days ago · 530 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 3118 days ago · 566 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 4.6Fiji region · 3111 days ago · 523 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 473 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.4251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3169 days ago · 382 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3171 days ago · 539 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3172 days ago · 589 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.5276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3178 days ago · 494 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 3178 days ago · 595 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 492 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 3189 days ago · 564 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 3189 days ago · 598 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3195 days ago · 537 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqqk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:26 PM UTC.