M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 1:36 AM GMT+13 (12:36 UTC), 324 km (201 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-17 12:36:35 UTC
- Depth
- 323.9 km (201.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.409° S, 176.840° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 1395 days ago · 418 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1385 days ago · 549 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1384 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7202 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 591 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 515 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 572 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1370 days ago · 557 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1369 days ago · 496 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8Fiji region · 1366 days ago · 392 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3263 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 339 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 553 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 372 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.1240 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1416 days ago · 333 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1418 days ago · 568 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1426 days ago · 592 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1433 days ago · 597 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1435 days ago · 561 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iqeb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:49 AM UTC.