M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 11, 1987, 10:31 AM GMT-12 (22:31 UTC), 619 km (384 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-11 22:31:04 UTC
- Depth
- 618.6 km (384.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.575° S, 179.112° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Fiji region · 14400 days ago · 570 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 14387 days ago · 569 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 14373 days ago · 585 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14370 days ago · 626 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 14359 days ago · 494 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000343d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.