M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 7:38 AM GMT+13 (18:38 UTC), 553 km (344 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2023-01-11 18:38:37 UTC
- Depth
- 553.0 km (343.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.318° S, 177.486° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 1362 days ago · 372 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1362 days ago · 541 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1357 days ago · 558 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1352 days ago · 387 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1352 days ago · 576 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1349 days ago · 487 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1342 days ago · 561 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1336 days ago · 620 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1333 days ago · 614 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1328 days ago · 583 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 389 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1325 days ago · 556 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4250 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1324 days ago · 345 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1323 days ago · 596 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 460 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1318 days ago · 456 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4252 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1317 days ago · 279 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 565 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1313 days ago · 611 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1311 days ago · 510 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1307 days ago · 573 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1307 days ago · 589 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1306 days ago · 412 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 606 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.3263 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1364 days ago · 339 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1368 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1369 days ago · 392 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1372 days ago · 496 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 557 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 582 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 572 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 623 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 614 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 540 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1378 days ago · 616 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 1379 days ago · 515 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1380 days ago · 591 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1385 days ago · 493 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1387 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1388 days ago · 549 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1389 days ago · 414 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5rn. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.