M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 9:09 PM GMT-12 (09:09 UTC), 605 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-04 09:09:07 UTC
- Depth
- 604.8 km (375.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.559° S, 179.196° 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, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 990 days ago · 580 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 978 days ago · 597 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 966 days ago · 601 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1004 days ago · 535 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1007 days ago · 598 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1008 days ago · 571 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1011 days ago · 536 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1018 days ago · 588 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1020 days ago · 578 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1026 days ago · 561 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1mb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.