Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 7:14 PM GMT+13 (06:14 UTC), 548 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-01-08 06:14:55 UTC
Depth
547.8 km (340.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.175° S, 177.552° 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 19.3 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
22

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8bn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.