Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 9:01 AM GMT+13 (20:01 UTC), 575 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-01-06 20:01:10 UTC
Depth
574.7 km (357.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.904° S, 178.098° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 525 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.3252 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 492 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 553 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 372 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.2272 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 1358 days ago · 654 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1358 days ago · 477 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1354 days ago · 558 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 610 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.4261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1347 days ago · 384 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 487 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.3290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 556 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1339 days ago · 561 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 1339 days ago · 567 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.4260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1326 days ago · 498 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.9Fiji region · 1325 days ago · 552 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.2273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 407 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 583 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1318 days ago · 525 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 488 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1315 days ago · 527 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 4.6Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 537 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 5.6Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 550 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 1308 days ago · 510 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 515 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 1369 days ago · 572 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 1371 days ago · 582 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 540 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 5.5Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 515 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 558 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.3254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1377 days ago · 505 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 1379 days ago · 532 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1381 days ago · 493 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1382 days ago · 520 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 1385 days ago · 549 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.4289 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 1385 days ago · 654 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.3296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1386 days ago · 414 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 1394 days ago · 522 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j2ml. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.