Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 11:08 PM GMT+13 (10:08 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-18 10:08:19 UTC
Depth
584.0 km (362.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.909° S, 178.614° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
79

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 1379 days ago · 532 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.1275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1379 days ago · 381 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 558 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 529 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 1368 days ago · 572 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1368 days ago · 545 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1364 days ago · 609 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 1362 days ago · 594 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.2265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 506 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 621 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 1358 days ago · 515 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 1358 days ago · 477 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 1351 days ago · 616 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 1350 days ago · 507 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 610 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 608 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.3290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 556 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 1342 days ago · 557 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 1341 days ago · 547 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 1338 days ago · 624 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 4.8Fiji region · 1332 days ago · 613 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 4.9Fiji region · 1325 days ago · 552 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 4.2273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 407 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.4289 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 1385 days ago · 654 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 1385 days ago · 563 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1386 days ago · 616 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1389 days ago · 507 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 1390 days ago · 575 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 5.0Fiji region · 1390 days ago · 610 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 1394 days ago · 522 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 1394 days ago · 569 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1399 days ago · 558 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.0Fiji region · 1402 days ago · 605 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1402 days ago · 585 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 1404 days ago · 537 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 1406 days ago · 538 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 1409 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ja4n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC.