M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 2:29 AM GMT+13 (13:29 UTC), 612 km (380 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2024-07-15 13:29:21 UTC
- Depth
- 612.2 km (380.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.739° S, 177.703° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 811 days ago · 587 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 811 days ago · 501 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 805 days ago · 604 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 804 days ago · 641 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 804 days ago · 571 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 803 days ago · 550 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 798 days ago · 552 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 798 days ago · 555 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 797 days ago · 562 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 796 days ago · 464 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 796 days ago · 562 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 796 days ago · 565 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 793 days ago · 552 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 792 days ago · 540 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 784 days ago · 577 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Fiji region · 777 days ago · 612 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 773 days ago · 358 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 768 days ago · 568 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 766 days ago · 508 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 765 days ago · 457 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 763 days ago · 570 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 762 days ago · 531 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 759 days ago · 610 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 757 days ago · 598 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 757 days ago · 570 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.1286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 813 days ago · 583 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 815 days ago · 552 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 816 days ago · 599 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 816 days ago · 595 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 816 days ago · 464 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 817 days ago · 602 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 823 days ago · 497 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 829 days ago · 563 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 830 days ago · 642 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 830 days ago · 639 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 830 days ago · 527 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 831 days ago · 622 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 832 days ago · 578 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 837 days ago · 575 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mzce. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.