Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 9, 2022, 2:31 PM GMT-12 (02:31 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-10 02:31:00 UTC
Depth
587.5 km (365.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.906° S, 179.442° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
43

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0Fiji region · 1391 days ago · 610 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1390 days ago · 518 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1382 days ago · 562 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1377 days ago · 585 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1370 days ago · 557 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 1364 days ago · 600 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1359 days ago · 598 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1358 days ago · 412 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1352 days ago · 616 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 1349 days ago · 608 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 1342 days ago · 556 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1336 days ago · 572 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1335 days ago · 487 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.8Fiji region · 1333 days ago · 613 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 1394 days ago · 600 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1395 days ago · 569 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1396 days ago · 592 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1401 days ago · 598 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1409 days ago · 583 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 1411 days ago · 542 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.9Fiji region · 1412 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1418 days ago · 574 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j8br. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.