M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 2:16 AM GMT+13 (13:16 UTC), 537 km (333 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
- 2018-12-31 13:16:20 UTC
- Depth
- 536.6 km (333.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.516° S, 178.041° 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, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2827 days ago · 481 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2824 days ago · 543 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 538 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 545 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 476 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2809 days ago · 498 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 519 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 545 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 457 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2792 days ago · 593 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 614 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 545 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2783 days ago · 598 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 535 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2779 days ago · 487 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2778 days ago · 536 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 2776 days ago · 615 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 525 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 499 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2833 days ago · 580 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.4236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2837 days ago · 555 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 608 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 608 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 588 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2846 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2849 days ago · 539 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2849 days ago · 467 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 482 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2851 days ago · 412 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2853 days ago · 545 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 490 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2854 days ago · 543 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 525 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 551 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2857 days ago · 478 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j5nt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.