Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 14, 2006, 3:31 AM GMT+13 (14:31 UTC), 566 km (352 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-02-13 14:31:35 UTC
Depth
566.3 km (351.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.278° S, 177.443° 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 usp000ea0g. 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.

Station coverage gap
126°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 7534 days ago · 536 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 560 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7525 days ago · 550 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.9Fiji region · 7509 days ago · 580 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 575 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 633 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 543 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 591 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7501 days ago · 507 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 7498 days ago · 421 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 7484 days ago · 579 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.6Fiji region · 7483 days ago · 350 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.8Fiji region · 7481 days ago · 570 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 7478 days ago · 562 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.2281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7549 days ago · 565 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.7Fiji region · 7549 days ago · 473 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 7555 days ago · 464 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.8252 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7560 days ago · 500 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.6264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7565 days ago · 553 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ea0g. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.