Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 3, 2024, 10:52 AM GMT+13 (21:52 UTC), 629 km (391 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. 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
2024-05-02 21:52:22 UTC
Depth
628.6 km (390.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.743° S, 177.464° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 879 days ago · 573 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 860 days ago · 556 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 858 days ago · 462 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 858 days ago · 590 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 851 days ago · 607 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.3275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 851 days ago · 562 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.2295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 849 days ago · 611 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 846 days ago · 559 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 846 days ago · 403 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 843 days ago · 581 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 843 days ago · 573 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 835 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 830 days ago · 578 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 828 days ago · 527 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 828 days ago · 639 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 828 days ago · 642 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 827 days ago · 563 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 886 days ago · 563 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.3282 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 890 days ago · 588 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.2271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 890 days ago · 572 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 895 days ago · 567 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.0271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 897 days ago · 579 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 901 days ago · 392 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.2294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 907 days ago · 557 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 907 days ago · 528 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 910 days ago · 568 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mvv1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.