Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 10:06 PM GMT+13 (09:06 UTC), 558 km (347 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-12-08 09:06:06 UTC
Depth
558.0 km (346.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.855° S, 178.443° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1750 days ago · 522 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.0288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 505 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1738 days ago · 642 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1731 days ago · 589 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1728 days ago · 554 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.4293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1722 days ago · 556 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1716 days ago · 530 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1712 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 525 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1711 days ago · 392 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1700 days ago · 546 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.4263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1697 days ago · 400 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 1697 days ago · 544 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 1697 days ago · 617 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1696 days ago · 518 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1763 days ago · 613 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1766 days ago · 570 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1769 days ago · 542 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1770 days ago · 475 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 568 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1780 days ago · 539 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.9269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 505 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1782 days ago · 532 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gaf0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC.