M3.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 24, 2006, 9:33 AM GMT-12 (21:33 UTC), 614 km (382 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-12-24 21:33:55 UTC
- Depth
- 614.0 km (381.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.092° S, 179.187° 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 usp000f0xk. 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
- 74°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 7217 days ago · 565 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7198 days ago · 652 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7195 days ago · 622 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 7190 days ago · 581 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7188 days ago · 561 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7187 days ago · 585 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7184 days ago · 580 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7177 days ago · 581 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7177 days ago · 618 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7175 days ago · 577 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7173 days ago · 597 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f0xk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.