M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 13, 2014, 4:16 AM GMT+13 (15:16 UTC), 574 km (357 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-04-12 15:16:30 UTC
- Depth
- 574.2 km (356.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.705° S, 178.628° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4558 days ago · 532 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4557 days ago · 553 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4555 days ago · 617 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4546 days ago · 629 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4539 days ago · 409 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 4536 days ago · 612 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4536 days ago · 400 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4534 days ago · 634 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4532 days ago · 335 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4531 days ago · 520 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4528 days ago · 626 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4526 days ago · 503 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4524 days ago · 536 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4522 days ago · 442 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4520 days ago · 608 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4520 days ago · 649 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4517 days ago · 560 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4517 days ago · 483 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4517 days ago · 523 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4516 days ago · 532 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4515 days ago · 527 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4515 days ago · 572 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4511 days ago · 551 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4509 days ago · 629 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4509 days ago · 548 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4507 days ago · 541 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4506 days ago · 588 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4505 days ago · 604 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4502 days ago · 589 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4500 days ago · 605 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4499 days ago · 591 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 4561 days ago · 599 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4561 days ago · 595 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 4565 days ago · 575 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4579 days ago · 619 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 4579 days ago · 621 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 4579 days ago · 622 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 4579 days ago · 607 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4579 days ago · 597 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4584 days ago · 527 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4586 days ago · 559 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4587 days ago · 570 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000qpw2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.