Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jun 2, 2009, 7:51 PM GMT-12 (07:51 UTC), 611 km (379 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
2009-06-03 07:51:51 UTC
Depth
610.5 km (379.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.292° S, 179.358° 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 usp000gxtv. 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
87°
Stations used
34

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6328 days ago · 590 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 6326 days ago · 624 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 6308 days ago · 599 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 6297 days ago · 574 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 6280 days ago · 617 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 6343 days ago · 573 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 6344 days ago · 667 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 6345 days ago · 627 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6355 days ago · 605 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 6359 days ago · 616 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 6361 days ago · 633 km deep · 22 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gxtv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC.