M3.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 12:49 AM GMT+13 (11:49 UTC), 400 km (248 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 217 km W of Haveluloto, 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
- 2006-08-20 11:49:57 UTC
- Depth
- 399.9 km (248.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.857° S, 178.043° 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 usp000ercg. 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
- 150°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6217 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7345 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7339 days ago · 536 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7330 days ago · 367 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9south of the Fiji Islands · 7324 days ago · 300 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ercg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.