M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 21, 1987, 1:11 AM GMT+13 (12:11 UTC), 612 km (380 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
- 1987-10-20 12:11:49 UTC
- Depth
- 611.5 km (380.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.045° S, 178.992° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Fiji region · 14217 days ago · 534 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14209 days ago · 639 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14208 days ago · 652 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14207 days ago · 627 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14199 days ago · 553 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14198 days ago · 499 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14192 days ago · 600 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14170 days ago · 560 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14164 days ago · 646 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00039ec. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.