M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 1:30 PM GMT-12 (01:30 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-18 01:30:40 UTC
- Depth
- 612.5 km (380.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.795° S, 179.760° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 632 days ago · 569 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 625 days ago · 493 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 618 days ago · 543 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 607 days ago · 622 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 600 days ago · 602 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phf2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.