M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 1:18 PM GMT+13 (00:18 UTC), 144 km (90 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-19 00:18:42 UTC
- Depth
- 144.5 km (89.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.624° S, 176.160° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 94
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2104 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1378 days ago · 194 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1365 days ago · 211 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7100 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1349 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3179 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5152 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 196 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ja7f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.