M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

Magnitude

4.5 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:30 PM GMT+12

UTC

2023-02-09 06:30:47 UTC

Depth

561.8 km (349.1 mi), deep

Epicenter

17.940° S, 178.015° W

Region

Fiji

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 13.3 km horizontally, 16.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

181°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

16

• Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast325 kmESE

After

1. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Feb 12, 8:57 AM GMT+12 · 1328 days ago · 581 km deep · 3 km away
2. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Feb 12, 10:14 AM GMT+12 · 1328 days ago · 573 km deep · 51 km away
3. 4.3260 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Feb 12, 4:15 PM GMT+12 · 1328 days ago · 535 km deep · 36 km away
4. 4.2Fiji regionWed, Feb 15, 1:41 AM GMT+12 · 1326 days ago · 591 km deep · 41 km away
5. 4.2Fiji regionWed, Feb 15, 7:53 AM GMT+12 · 1325 days ago · 564 km deep · 43 km away
6. 4.3225 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Feb 18, 11:09 PM GMT+12 · 1322 days ago · 554 km deep · 57 km away
7. 5.2Fiji regionSun, Feb 19, 11:03 AM GMT+12 · 1321 days ago · 545 km deep · 85 km away
8. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Feb 21, 12:21 AM GMT+12 · 1320 days ago · 563 km deep · 34 km away
9. 4.4Fiji regionWed, Feb 22, 2:04 AM GMT+12 · 1319 days ago · 460 km deep · 85 km away
10. 4.8Fiji regionThu, Feb 23, 3:36 PM GMT+12 · 1317 days ago · 522 km deep · 44 km away
11. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Feb 24, 4:30 AM GMT+12 · 1317 days ago · 455 km deep · 52 km away
12. 4.5245 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Feb 24, 7:42 AM GMT+12 · 1316 days ago · 576 km deep · 40 km away
13. 4.7Fiji regionSat, Feb 25, 5:25 AM GMT+12 · 1316 days ago · 578 km deep · 39 km away
14. 4.5Fiji regionSun, Feb 26, 10:21 AM GMT+13 · 1314 days ago · 456 km deep · 86 km away
15. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Feb 27, 10:51 PM GMT+12 · 1313 days ago · 540 km deep · 56 km away
16. 4.4289 km ESE of Labasa, FijiWed, Mar 1, 3:06 PM GMT+12 · 1311 days ago · 447 km deep · 71 km away
17. 4.4273 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 3, 12:52 AM GMT+12 · 1310 days ago · 491 km deep · 21 km away
18. 4.3247 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 4, 7:33 AM GMT+12 · 1308 days ago · 560 km deep · 76 km away
19. 4.3238 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 4, 10:00 PM GMT+12 · 1308 days ago · 585 km deep · 44 km away
20. 4.4220 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 7:39 AM GMT+12 · 1306 days ago · 559 km deep · 66 km away
21. 4.5225 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 10:16 AM GMT+12 · 1306 days ago · 572 km deep · 59 km away
22. 4.6225 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 6, 10:16 AM GMT+12 · 1306 days ago · 574 km deep · 58 km away
23. 4.6213 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Mar 7, 2:23 AM GMT+12 · 1306 days ago · 557 km deep · 74 km away
24. 4.0221 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 9, 3:52 AM GMT+12 · 1304 days ago · 545 km deep · 80 km away
25. 4.6262 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Mar 11, 5:57 AM GMT+12 · 1302 days ago · 538 km deep · 22 km away
26. 4.0290 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 12, 1:09 PM GMT+12 · 1300 days ago · 609 km deep · 16 km away
27. 4.3Fiji regionSun, Mar 12, 2:19 PM GMT+13 · 1300 days ago · 606 km deep · 80 km away
28. 4.8218 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 13, 6:11 PM GMT+12 · 1299 days ago · 550 km deep · 91 km away
29. 4.5231 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 16, 12:26 AM GMT+12 · 1297 days ago · 535 km deep · 77 km away
30. 4.4215 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 16, 6:39 AM GMT+12 · 1296 days ago · 558 km deep · 71 km away
31. 4.8282 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Mar 19, 11:14 AM GMT+12 · 1293 days ago · 553 km deep · 14 km away
32. 4.2Fiji regionTue, Mar 21, 4:01 PM GMT+12 · 1291 days ago · 545 km deep · 81 km away
33. 4.0Fiji regionTue, Mar 21, 4:56 PM GMT+12 · 1291 days ago · 334 km deep · 76 km away
34. 4.2256 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 23, 2:55 PM GMT+12 · 1289 days ago · 563 km deep · 27 km away
35. 4.1Fiji regionSun, Mar 26, 6:10 PM GMT+12 · 1286 days ago · 620 km deep · 46 km away
36. 5.5263 km E of Levuka, FijiMon, Mar 27, 2:29 PM GMT+12 · 1285 days ago · 465 km deep · 23 km away
37. 4.8223 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Mar 29, 8:57 PM GMT+12 · 1283 days ago · 558 km deep · 61 km away
38. 4.1229 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Mar 30, 6:35 PM GMT+12 · 1282 days ago · 575 km deep · 56 km away
39. 4.4224 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Mar 31, 8:55 AM GMT+12 · 1281 days ago · 578 km deep · 59 km away
40. 4.3Fiji regionFri, Mar 31, 12:33 PM GMT+12 · 1281 days ago · 562 km deep · 59 km away
41. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Mar 31, 4:55 PM GMT+12 · 1281 days ago · 598 km deep · 38 km away
42. 4.4234 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 1, 4:00 AM GMT+12 · 1281 days ago · 530 km deep · 82 km away
43. 4.2Fiji regionSun, Apr 2, 8:22 AM GMT+12 · 1279 days ago · 561 km deep · 85 km away
44. 4.3280 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 2, 5:57 PM GMT+12 · 1279 days ago · 566 km deep · 4 km away
45. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 2, 9:24 PM GMT+12 · 1279 days ago · 547 km deep · 7 km away
46. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Apr 4, 3:19 PM GMT+12 · 1277 days ago · 546 km deep · 23 km away
47. 4.2237 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 5, 1:34 AM GMT+12 · 1277 days ago · 565 km deep · 45 km away
48. 4.3275 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Apr 5, 9:41 AM GMT+12 · 1276 days ago · 526 km deep · 8 km away
49. 4.5192 km E of Levuka, FijiThu, Apr 6, 2:33 AM GMT+12 · 1276 days ago · 556 km deep · 92 km away
50. 4.3230 km E of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 8, 12:43 AM GMT+12 · 1274 days ago · 556 km deep · 55 km away
51. 4.2205 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSat, Apr 8, 6:54 AM GMT+12 · 1273 days ago · 524 km deep · 86 km away
52. 4.2201 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Apr 9, 4:26 PM GMT+12 · 1272 days ago · 533 km deep · 92 km away

Before

1. 4.4Fiji regionWed, Feb 8, 9:58 AM GMT+13 · 1332 days ago · 620 km deep · 85 km away
2. 4.3Fiji regionTue, Feb 7, 2:12 PM GMT+12 · 1333 days ago · 602 km deep · 29 km away
3. 4.3232 km ENE of Levuka, FijiSun, Feb 5, 9:03 AM GMT+12 · 1335 days ago · 547 km deep · 74 km away
4. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, FijiFri, Feb 3, 11:04 AM GMT+12 · 1337 days ago · 568 km deep · 36 km away
5. 4.2Fiji regionFri, Feb 3, 4:58 AM GMT+12 · 1338 days ago · 557 km deep · 77 km away
6. 4.1217 km ENE of Levuka, FijiThu, Feb 2, 5:33 PM GMT+12 · 1338 days ago · 530 km deep · 97 km away
7. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 31, 7:57 PM GMT+12 · 1340 days ago · 564 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.4246 km ENE of Levuka, FijiTue, Jan 31, 4:53 PM GMT+12 · 1340 days ago · 545 km deep · 65 km away
9. 4.3193 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Jan 30, 5:39 PM GMT+12 · 1341 days ago · 529 km deep · 96 km away
10. 4.0297 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Jan 29, 5:19 AM GMT+12 · 1343 days ago · 564 km deep · 34 km away
11. 4.2Fiji regionThu, Jan 26, 12:11 AM GMT+12 · 1346 days ago · 588 km deep · 20 km away
12. 4.4Fiji regionTue, Jan 24, 10:21 AM GMT+12 · 1347 days ago · 569 km deep · 54 km away
13. 4.4251 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Jan 22, 1:50 AM GMT+12 · 1350 days ago · 567 km deep · 45 km away
14. 4.3242 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Jan 18, 8:18 PM GMT+12 · 1353 days ago · 612 km deep · 43 km away
15. 4.3283 km E of Levuka, FijiWed, Jan 18, 3:39 AM GMT+12 · 1354 days ago · 590 km deep · 39 km away
16. 4.3247 km ENE of Levuka, FijiMon, Jan 16, 1:20 PM GMT+12 · 1355 days ago · 544 km deep · 65 km away
17. 4.2238 km E of Levuka, FijiSun, Jan 15, 4:06 AM GMT+12 · 1357 days ago · 543 km deep · 48 km away
18. 4.3205 km ENE of Levuka, FijiFri, Jan 13, 9:26 AM GMT+12 · 1358 days ago · 558 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jpk1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC.