M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 4, 2006, 1:54 AM GMT+13 (12:54 UTC), 628 km (390 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-03 12:54:18 UTC
- Depth
- 628.0 km (390.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.104° S, 179.034° 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 usp000eb9t. 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
- 40°
- Stations used
- 104
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 7508 days ago · 581 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 555 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 550 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 613 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 7486 days ago · 643 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7484 days ago · 568 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7473 days ago · 611 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7473 days ago · 600 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7460 days ago · 600 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eb9t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.