M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 5:09 AM GMT+13 (16:09 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-01 16:09:19 UTC
- Depth
- 564.7 km (350.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.920° S, 177.489° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 1153 days ago · 420 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5293 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1142 days ago · 550 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 1136 days ago · 347 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1127 days ago · 519 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1126 days ago · 598 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1125 days ago · 532 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1122 days ago · 557 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1287 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 552 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1114 days ago · 581 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1110 days ago · 567 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1109 days ago · 555 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1101 days ago · 614 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1100 days ago · 553 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1099 days ago · 596 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 1167 days ago · 592 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1292 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1171 days ago · 545 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1172 days ago · 534 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3289 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1175 days ago · 576 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1180 days ago · 538 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1188 days ago · 437 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kzbb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.