Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 16, 2006, 11:39 AM GMT-12 (23:39 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-08-16 23:39:55 UTC
Depth
619.2 km (384.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.822° S, 179.579° 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 usp000er3k. 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
124°
Stations used
20

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.8Fiji region · 7333 days ago · 671 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 5.2Fiji region · 7331 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7329 days ago · 613 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 7324 days ago · 600 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7308 days ago · 571 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7307 days ago · 577 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 7305 days ago · 539 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 7301 days ago · 596 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 7300 days ago · 602 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 5.0Fiji region · 7297 days ago · 591 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.7Fiji region · 7296 days ago · 650 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 3.7Fiji region · 7359 days ago · 602 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 7369 days ago · 622 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7372 days ago · 622 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 7372 days ago · 577 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7374 days ago · 648 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.9south of the Fiji Islands · 7382 days ago · 600 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000er3k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC.