M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 12:31 PM GMT+13 (23:31 UTC), 486 km (302 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-04 23:31:55 UTC
- Depth
- 486.3 km (302.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.642° S, 178.366° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000e3h3. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 25
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Fiji region · 7635 days ago · 600 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7630 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7628 days ago · 581 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7627 days ago · 586 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7624 days ago · 372 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7623 days ago · 551 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7620 days ago · 572 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7609 days ago · 533 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7581 days ago · 517 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 7641 days ago · 597 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7646 days ago · 550 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7653 days ago · 512 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7655 days ago · 549 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7656 days ago · 570 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7659 days ago · 333 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7660 days ago · 500 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7666 days ago · 523 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e3h3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC.