M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Feb 17, 2023, 6:56 AM GMT+13 (17:56 UTC), 206 km (128 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-16 17:56:13 UTC
- Depth
- 205.7 km (127.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.597° S, 177.160° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4266 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 1296 days ago · 328 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2258 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 1265 days ago · 388 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jper. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.