M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 6:15 PM GMT+13 (05:15 UTC), 546 km (339 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-05 05:15:47 UTC
- Depth
- 546.3 km (339.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.919° S, 178.664° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 623 days ago · 617 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 623 days ago · 612 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 619 days ago · 595 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 615 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 607 days ago · 622 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 597 days ago · 573 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 596 days ago · 585 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 593 days ago · 638 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 591 days ago · 537 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 589 days ago · 553 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3291 km W of Houma, Tonga · 588 days ago · 509 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 586 days ago · 577 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 580 days ago · 543 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 578 days ago · 561 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 577 days ago · 550 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 640 days ago · 540 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 641 days ago · 565 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.5277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 643 days ago · 543 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 650 days ago · 488 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 656 days ago · 589 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phy6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.