M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 1:09 AM GMT+13 (12:09 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-08 12:09:30 UTC
- Depth
- 583.9 km (362.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.916° S, 178.274° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 105
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1485 days ago · 561 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1484 days ago · 525 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1484 days ago · 584 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4250 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1483 days ago · 477 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1474 days ago · 638 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 561 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 561 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1469 days ago · 568 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1468 days ago · 572 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1467 days ago · 583 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1463 days ago · 446 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1455 days ago · 429 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1453 days ago · 491 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1451 days ago · 544 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1445 days ago · 581 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1441 days ago · 542 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1441 days ago · 582 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1440 days ago · 598 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1439 days ago · 580 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 548 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1437 days ago · 512 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1436 days ago · 537 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1432 days ago · 518 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1432 days ago · 519 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1432 days ago · 502 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1427 days ago · 494 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 1486 days ago · 585 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1487 days ago · 538 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1489 days ago · 546 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1493 days ago · 518 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1498 days ago · 588 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1501 days ago · 500 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1503 days ago · 518 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1509 days ago · 501 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1510 days ago · 495 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1514 days ago · 468 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1514 days ago · 403 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1515 days ago · 615 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1515 days ago · 543 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ii4h. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC.