M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 24, 2006, 9:43 AM GMT+13 (20:43 UTC), 613 km (381 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-23 20:43:56 UTC
- Depth
- 612.5 km (380.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.757° S, 178.550° 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 usp000ecsu. 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
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7495 days ago · 532 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 7487 days ago · 643 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7482 days ago · 500 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7474 days ago · 611 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 531 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7473 days ago · 600 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7465 days ago · 500 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7461 days ago · 600 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7460 days ago · 573 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7459 days ago · 537 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 7457 days ago · 465 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7454 days ago · 571 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7454 days ago · 670 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7454 days ago · 523 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7447 days ago · 607 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 7447 days ago · 635 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7443 days ago · 574 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 7502 days ago · 550 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 555 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7508 days ago · 581 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7515 days ago · 568 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7517 days ago · 508 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7520 days ago · 628 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7526 days ago · 495 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7529 days ago · 600 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7530 days ago · 551 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ecsu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.