M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 12:21 AM GMT-12 (12:21 UTC), 561 km (348 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-11 12:21:12 UTC
- Depth
- 560.7 km (348.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.738° S, 179.252° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 89
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1021 days ago · 578 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1019 days ago · 588 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1012 days ago · 536 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1009 days ago · 571 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1008 days ago · 598 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1005 days ago · 660 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1003 days ago · 605 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 991 days ago · 580 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 979 days ago · 597 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 967 days ago · 601 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000li34. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC.