M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 9, 2006, 1:47 PM GMT+13 (00:47 UTC), 367 km (228 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-09-09 00:47:30 UTC
- Depth
- 367.0 km (228.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.647° S, 178.609° 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 usp000esr0. 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
- 135°
- Stations used
- 21
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 7323 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7305 days ago · 539 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7301 days ago · 596 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7299 days ago · 602 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 7296 days ago · 591 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7288 days ago · 585 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 7282 days ago · 280 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.4south of the Fiji Islands · 7281 days ago · 421 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 5.2Fiji region · 7330 days ago · 600 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7334 days ago · 552 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7334 days ago · 605 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7338 days ago · 536 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 7349 days ago · 400 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7357 days ago · 619 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7358 days ago · 602 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000esr0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.