M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 21, 2006, 7:43 AM GMT+13 (18:43 UTC), 531 km (330 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-20 18:43:43 UTC
- Depth
- 530.5 km (329.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.821° S, 178.683° 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 usp000eafc. 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
- 167°
- Stations used
- 15
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 551 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7525 days ago · 495 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7519 days ago · 628 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7507 days ago · 581 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 555 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 550 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 613 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 7486 days ago · 643 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7473 days ago · 611 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 531 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7472 days ago · 600 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 7531 days ago · 583 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7532 days ago · 589 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7536 days ago · 600 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7539 days ago · 559 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7548 days ago · 604 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7551 days ago · 546 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7556 days ago · 545 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eafc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.