M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 7:12 AM GMT-12 (19:12 UTC), 635 km (394 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 2006-06-27 19:12:50 UTC
- Depth
- 634.5 km (394.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.968° S, 179.056° 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 usp000eme8. 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 206
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Fiji region · 7393 days ago · 600 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7391 days ago · 671 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7389 days ago · 568 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 7384 days ago · 506 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7379 days ago · 683 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7368 days ago · 622 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7365 days ago · 659 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 7363 days ago · 528 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7358 days ago · 602 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7357 days ago · 619 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7355 days ago · 700 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7351 days ago · 636 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 7409 days ago · 669 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7417 days ago · 619 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 7419 days ago · 663 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7422 days ago · 557 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7425 days ago · 592 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7427 days ago · 678 km deep · 1 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 7428 days ago · 592 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eme8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.