M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:24 AM GMT-12 (17:24 UTC), 624 km (388 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-13 17:24:04 UTC
- Depth
- 624.1 km (387.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.168° S, 179.501° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 865 days ago · 610 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 857 days ago · 586 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 854 days ago · 604 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 854 days ago · 554 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 850 days ago · 568 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 849 days ago · 611 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 843 days ago · 587 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 843 days ago · 583 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 842 days ago · 579 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 838 days ago · 568 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 830 days ago · 591 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 823 days ago · 562 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 822 days ago · 619 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mybf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.