Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 10, 2025, 1:39 PM GMT+13 (00:39 UTC), 623 km (387 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-10 00:39:35 UTC
Depth
622.9 km (387.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.005° S, 178.283° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
76

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 511 days ago · 499 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 511 days ago · 619 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 513 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 478 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 597 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 503 days ago · 504 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 537 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 500 days ago · 502 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 498 days ago · 598 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 497 days ago · 515 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 490 days ago · 503 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 554 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.7Fiji region · 480 days ago · 549 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.3289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 478 days ago · 529 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 4.0271 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 466 days ago · 376 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 4.7Fiji region · 463 days ago · 625 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 463 days ago · 607 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 4.1Fiji region · 463 days ago · 622 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 456 days ago · 576 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 452 days ago · 550 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 513 days ago · 496 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 577 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 535 days ago · 510 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 479 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 539 days ago · 545 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 575 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pycn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.