M3.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 9, 2006, 9:14 PM GMT+13 (08:14 UTC), 350 km (217 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-09 08:14:32 UTC
- Depth
- 350.0 km (217.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.134° S, 177.323° 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 usp000ee0n. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8Fiji region · 7482 days ago · 570 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7478 days ago · 562 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7477 days ago · 551 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7475 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7475 days ago · 537 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7475 days ago · 555 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7469 days ago · 569 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7464 days ago · 554 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7450 days ago · 377 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7448 days ago · 555 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7443 days ago · 621 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7438 days ago · 427 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7434 days ago · 602 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1260 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7432 days ago · 600 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 7485 days ago · 579 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 421 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7501 days ago · 507 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7502 days ago · 591 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7504 days ago · 543 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7504 days ago · 633 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7506 days ago · 575 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7510 days ago · 580 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ee0n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.