M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 4:44 AM GMT+12 (16:44 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 295 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2024-09-20 16:44:46 UTC
- Depth
- 628.4 km (390.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.359° S, 177.741° 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, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 742 days ago · 510 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 742 days ago · 628 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 742 days ago · 489 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 740 days ago · 554 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1279 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 737 days ago · 470 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 736 days ago · 630 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 736 days ago · 556 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 730 days ago · 507 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 729 days ago · 375 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 724 days ago · 611 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 720 days ago · 633 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 717 days ago · 629 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 715 days ago · 615 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 713 days ago · 568 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 709 days ago · 393 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 706 days ago · 608 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 705 days ago · 594 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 705 days ago · 567 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 703 days ago · 504 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 701 days ago · 572 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 700 days ago · 547 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 698 days ago · 606 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 697 days ago · 411 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.9295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 697 days ago · 436 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 693 days ago · 589 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 691 days ago · 590 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 687 days ago · 536 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 750 days ago · 618 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 751 days ago · 624 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 751 days ago · 589 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 756 days ago · 570 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 756 days ago · 598 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 759 days ago · 610 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 761 days ago · 531 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 762 days ago · 570 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 764 days ago · 457 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 765 days ago · 508 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 767 days ago · 568 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1279 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 771 days ago · 538 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 771 days ago · 620 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 773 days ago · 358 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ntbr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.