Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 12:42 PM GMT+13 (23:42 UTC), 558 km (346 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-04 23:42:10 UTC
Depth
557.5 km (346.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.312° S, 177.519° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1001 days ago · 566 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.2293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 996 days ago · 530 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.8291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 994 days ago · 499 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 987 days ago · 495 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.2262 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 983 days ago · 404 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.2279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 979 days ago · 486 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.1284 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 979 days ago · 549 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 976 days ago · 532 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.2278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 976 days ago · 539 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.1259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 965 days ago · 486 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 964 days ago · 498 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 962 days ago · 593 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.5290 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 961 days ago · 565 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.5230 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 959 days ago · 327 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 955 days ago · 603 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 4.1279 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 955 days ago · 539 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 4.0275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 951 days ago · 505 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 4.1259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 950 days ago · 574 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 944 days ago · 537 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.2272 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 943 days ago · 528 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.0293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 942 days ago · 563 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 4.2281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1003 days ago · 555 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.0273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 495 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.2285 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1011 days ago · 339 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1021 days ago · 582 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1021 days ago · 496 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1023 days ago · 564 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.9Fiji region · 1023 days ago · 595 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1025 days ago · 396 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1026 days ago · 342 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.4266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1031 days ago · 369 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1vr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.