Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 4:11 AM GMT+13 (15:11 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-03-18 15:11:38 UTC
Depth
554.6 km (344.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.634° S, 178.406° 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 usp000ecdw. 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
200°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 550 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 613 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7494 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 7494 days ago · 532 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7480 days ago · 500 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 7473 days ago · 611 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7472 days ago · 531 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 7472 days ago · 600 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7471 days ago · 455 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 7468 days ago · 615 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7467 days ago · 492 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7464 days ago · 538 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 7461 days ago · 500 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 7460 days ago · 600 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 7459 days ago · 573 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7458 days ago · 537 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 5.2Fiji region · 7455 days ago · 465 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 571 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 670 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 523 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 460 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7446 days ago · 607 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 5.1Fiji region · 7446 days ago · 635 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 662 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 7507 days ago · 581 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7512 days ago · 537 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 568 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7516 days ago · 508 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 7519 days ago · 628 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7525 days ago · 495 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 7528 days ago · 600 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 551 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 7530 days ago · 531 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 7531 days ago · 583 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 4.8Fiji region · 7534 days ago · 536 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ecdw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.