M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 7:29 AM GMT+13 (18:29 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2018-12-21 18:29:22 UTC
- Depth
- 555.8 km (345.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.326° S, 177.419° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2834 days ago · 516 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 499 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2830 days ago · 590 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2828 days ago · 437 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2820 days ago · 548 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2816 days ago · 572 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2814 days ago · 561 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2808 days ago · 564 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 519 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2797 days ago · 482 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2794 days ago · 584 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2794 days ago · 330 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2793 days ago · 560 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 507 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2784 days ago · 610 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2842 days ago · 564 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2847 days ago · 593 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2849 days ago · 558 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2856 days ago · 447 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 508 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j21h. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.