M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 6:00 PM GMT+13 (05:00 UTC), 372 km (231 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
- 2023-01-12 05:00:32 UTC
- Depth
- 371.9 km (231.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.372° S, 177.613° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 16
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 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 541 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1355 days ago · 558 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1349 days ago · 387 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1349 days ago · 576 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1346 days ago · 487 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1340 days ago · 561 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1339 days ago · 567 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1333 days ago · 620 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1331 days ago · 614 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1326 days ago · 583 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1323 days ago · 389 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 556 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4250 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 345 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1320 days ago · 596 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1319 days ago · 460 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1315 days ago · 456 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1311 days ago · 565 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1310 days ago · 611 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1309 days ago · 510 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1305 days ago · 573 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1305 days ago · 589 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1301 days ago · 606 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 553 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3263 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 339 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1365 days ago · 575 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1367 days ago · 392 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1370 days ago · 496 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1Fiji region · 1371 days ago · 557 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1371 days ago · 582 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 572 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 623 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 614 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1375 days ago · 540 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 616 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 515 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1378 days ago · 591 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1382 days ago · 493 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1385 days ago · 565 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1386 days ago · 549 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1387 days ago · 414 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5ta. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.