M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 6:36 PM GMT-12 (06:36 UTC), 342 km (212 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. 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
- 2021-01-24 06:36:26 UTC
- Depth
- 341.6 km (212.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.568° S, 177.040° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 2073 days ago · 364 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 635 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3288 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2049 days ago · 419 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 73 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000d2up (also filed as usauto7000d2up). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC.