Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 3:24 PM GMT+12 (03:24 UTC), 372 km (231 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-11 03:24:05 UTC
Depth
372.4 km (231.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.611° S, 177.360° 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 15.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1118 days ago · 513 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1116 days ago · 598 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1106 days ago · 647 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1100 days ago · 452 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1099 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1096 days ago · 568 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.2281 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1090 days ago · 424 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.1270 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1074 days ago · 629 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.8283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1071 days ago · 617 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.3293 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1068 days ago · 530 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.3285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1125 days ago · 596 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1130 days ago · 433 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1136 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1147 days ago · 547 km deep · 81 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kvxv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.