M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 16, 2006, 10:23 AM GMT-12 (22:23 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2006-02-16 22:23:52 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.164° S, 176.826° 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 usp000ea6j. 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
- 158°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8277 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7531 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7517 days ago · 360 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7263 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7515 days ago · 401 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.1299 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 7510 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7502 days ago · 330 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7489 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7485 days ago · 381 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7483 days ago · 445 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ea6j. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.