M3.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 9:58 AM GMT+12 (21:58 UTC), 445 km (276 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-09 21:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 444.6 km (276.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.377° S, 177.651° 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 usp000ee20. 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
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7482 days ago · 500 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0288 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7480 days ago · 350 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7479 days ago · 484 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7465 days ago · 495 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 7441 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7436 days ago · 466 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7428 days ago · 354 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7426 days ago · 393 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ee20. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.