M4.2 earthquake 189 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 189 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Thu, Jan 12, 2006, 10:01 AM GMT+12 (22:01 UTC), 517 km (321 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 233 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-01-11 22:01:18 UTC
- Depth
- 517.4 km (321.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.995° S, 178.953° 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 usp000e82a. 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
- 138°
- Stations used
- 15
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7564 days ago · 533 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7540 days ago · 528 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.4215 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7539 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7538 days ago · 512 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7536 days ago · 554 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2180 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7532 days ago · 523 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6233 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7523 days ago · 515 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7515 days ago · 541 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7574 days ago · 516 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7580 days ago · 460 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7580 days ago · 549 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7588 days ago · 537 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7600 days ago · 543 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e82a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC.