M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 9:00 AM GMT+13 (20:00 UTC), 543 km (337 mi) below the surface.

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

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

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.032 · 315 stations
5.6	Mi	NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center	First automatic solution · Reviewed · 3 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mr8e (also filed as pt24160000). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.