Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 23, 2006, 12:54 AM GMT+13 (11:54 UTC), 404 km (251 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-10-22 11:54:37 UTC
Depth
403.8 km (250.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.341° S, 177.906° 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 usp000evsp. 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
123°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7283 days ago · 523 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.1256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7282 days ago · 567 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 7281 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7280 days ago · 539 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 7278 days ago · 421 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7277 days ago · 304 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 527 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 7271 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.6275 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7271 days ago · 460 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.7297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7266 days ago · 468 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.0292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7263 days ago · 599 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7263 days ago · 527 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7254 days ago · 550 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.6285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 545 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 620 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 7246 days ago · 336 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7244 days ago · 329 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 7242 days ago · 544 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 7241 days ago · 621 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 4.8271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7238 days ago · 534 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 5.5291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7236 days ago · 572 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 3.9Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 569 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7292 days ago · 539 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 7294 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7299 days ago · 500 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.9292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7299 days ago · 451 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.9268 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7305 days ago · 646 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000evsp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.