M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 6:03 AM GMT+13 (17:03 UTC), 250 km (155 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-23 17:03:03 UTC
- Depth
- 250.1 km (155.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.221° S, 176.380° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 1240 days ago · 570 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5108 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1235 days ago · 194 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5151 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1228 days ago · 215 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k6ks. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.