M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 24, 2006, 5:07 PM GMT+13 (04:07 UTC), 650 km (404 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 291 km WNW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-24 04:07:44 UTC
- Depth
- 650.0 km (403.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.151° S, 178.241° 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 usp000erm4. 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
- 273°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7341 days ago · 502 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7333 days ago · 528 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7329 days ago · 489 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7300 days ago · 500 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7294 days ago · 539 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7294 days ago · 657 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7293 days ago · 569 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7289 days ago · 585 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7286 days ago · 404 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 7346 days ago · 553 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7346 days ago · 473 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7347 days ago · 600 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7347 days ago · 544 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7352 days ago · 636 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7354 days ago · 627 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.6297 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7357 days ago · 351 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7359 days ago · 535 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7360 days ago · 382 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 7363 days ago · 528 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7366 days ago · 659 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7366 days ago · 569 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7367 days ago · 579 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7369 days ago · 508 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000erm4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.