M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 8:39 PM GMT+13 (07:39 UTC), 202 km (125 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-21 07:39:54 UTC
- Depth
- 201.6 km (125.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.465° S, 176.151° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3161 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1441 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1386 days ago · 144 km deep · 18 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ivgd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.