M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 4:22 AM GMT-12 (16:22 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2014-12-23 16:22:22 UTC
- Depth
- 601.8 km (373.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.977° S, 177.203° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 14.1 km horizontally, 14.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4301 days ago · 534 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4297 days ago · 595 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4294 days ago · 635 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4280 days ago · 624 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4279 days ago · 576 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4277 days ago · 576 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4277 days ago · 388 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4266 days ago · 634 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4265 days ago · 633 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4264 days ago · 562 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4263 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000td72. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.