Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 22, 2024, 10:42 PM GMT+13 (09:42 UTC), 559 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Fiji

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-22 09:42:08 UTC
Depth
559.3 km (347.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.862° S, 177.901° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 556 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 859 days ago · 462 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 857 days ago · 585 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.3295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 580 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 856 days ago · 550 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.4270 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 333 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 853 days ago · 529 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.3250 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 850 days ago · 508 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 848 days ago · 559 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 847 days ago · 403 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 847 days ago · 543 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 845 days ago · 506 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 839 days ago · 489 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.7261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 839 days ago · 486 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 830 days ago · 557 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 830 days ago · 563 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 828 days ago · 563 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 827 days ago · 553 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 820 days ago · 547 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.2254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 808 days ago · 484 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 868 days ago · 598 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 868 days ago · 517 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 870 days ago · 480 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 871 days ago · 481 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 873 days ago · 474 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 876 days ago · 486 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 876 days ago · 542 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 876 days ago · 526 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 879 days ago · 592 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 880 days ago · 573 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 883 days ago · 523 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 886 days ago · 455 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 888 days ago · 574 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 889 days ago · 520 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.3282 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 891 days ago · 588 km deep · 88 km away

Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n08q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.