Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 7:45 AM GMT+13 (18:45 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-04 18:45:40 UTC
Depth
550.4 km (342.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.549° S, 178.292° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 15.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
206°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0242 km W of Houma, Tonga · 574 days ago · 371 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 573 days ago · 404 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 569 days ago · 508 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 568 days ago · 561 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 567 days ago · 516 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 555 days ago · 533 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 553 days ago · 501 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 553 days ago · 583 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.6299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 549 days ago · 526 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 547 days ago · 586 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 545 days ago · 579 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 544 days ago · 565 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.1286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 543 days ago · 523 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 541 days ago · 575 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 541 days ago · 551 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 537 days ago · 479 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 510 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.1281 km W of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 464 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 535 days ago · 601 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 523 days ago · 600 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 522 days ago · 559 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 4.1Fiji region · 522 days ago · 607 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 4.4Fiji region · 520 days ago · 585 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 579 days ago · 561 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 582 days ago · 543 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.2281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 586 days ago · 553 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 587 days ago · 577 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.3291 km W of Houma, Tonga · 590 days ago · 509 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 591 days ago · 553 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 593 days ago · 537 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.3264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 596 days ago · 398 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 596 days ago · 514 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 598 days ago · 585 km deep · 28 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pyln. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC.