Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 7:20 AM GMT-12 (19:20 UTC), 617 km (383 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-04-09 19:20:16 UTC
Depth
617.1 km (383.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.985° S, 179.124° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
28

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1256 days ago · 594 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 1254 days ago · 609 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1253 days ago · 565 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 536 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1243 days ago · 539 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1235 days ago · 596 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1231 days ago · 602 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 3.9Fiji region · 1229 days ago · 562 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1224 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1213 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 1212 days ago · 570 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1274 days ago · 606 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1274 days ago · 572 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1276 days ago · 588 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1276 days ago · 599 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 594 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 586 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1286 days ago · 592 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 1294 days ago · 546 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1294 days ago · 551 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 629 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k4gx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.