Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 5:44 PM GMT-12 (05:44 UTC), 600 km (373 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
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-09 05:44:49 UTC
Depth
600.3 km (373.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.680° S, 179.369° 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 23.0 km horizontally, 21.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 1395 days ago · 587 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 1393 days ago · 610 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1392 days ago · 518 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 1389 days ago · 616 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1384 days ago · 562 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1379 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1371 days ago · 557 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 1366 days ago · 600 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1361 days ago · 598 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 515 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1360 days ago · 412 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1354 days ago · 616 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 1353 days ago · 507 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 1351 days ago · 608 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 1344 days ago · 556 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 1340 days ago · 624 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1337 days ago · 572 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1337 days ago · 487 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1397 days ago · 569 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1398 days ago · 592 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1402 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1410 days ago · 583 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 1413 days ago · 542 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.9Fiji region · 1414 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 574 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j9gv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.