Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 10:29 AM GMT+13 (21:29 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-13 21:29:55 UTC
Depth
584.6 km (363.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.799° S, 178.338° 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 16.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 595 days ago · 514 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.3264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 595 days ago · 398 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 594 days ago · 638 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 592 days ago · 537 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 590 days ago · 553 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.3291 km W of Houma, Tonga · 589 days ago · 509 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 587 days ago · 577 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.2281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 585 days ago · 553 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 582 days ago · 543 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 579 days ago · 561 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 578 days ago · 550 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.0242 km W of Houma, Tonga · 573 days ago · 371 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 569 days ago · 508 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 567 days ago · 561 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 567 days ago · 516 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 554 days ago · 533 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 552 days ago · 583 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 4.6299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 548 days ago · 526 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 547 days ago · 586 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 579 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 630 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 543 days ago · 565 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 4.1286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 542 days ago · 523 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 4.3Fiji region · 541 days ago · 575 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 551 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 598 days ago · 573 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 618 days ago · 615 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 621 days ago · 595 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 624 days ago · 612 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 624 days ago · 617 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdig. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.