Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 11:11 AM GMT-12 (23:11 UTC), 612 km (380 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. 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
2015-03-13 23:11:40 UTC
Depth
611.8 km (380.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.901° S, 179.497° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 13.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
38

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4221 days ago · 441 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 537 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4208 days ago · 589 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4195 days ago · 584 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4194 days ago · 570 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4193 days ago · 592 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4191 days ago · 526 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4169 days ago · 589 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 4227 days ago · 597 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4239 days ago · 578 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 575 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4241 days ago · 591 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4246 days ago · 632 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001n4k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.