M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 1:15 AM GMT+12 (13:15 UTC), 411 km (255 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-15 13:15:24 UTC
- Depth
- 411.1 km (255.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.175° S, 177.710° 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 16.8 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Fiji region · 4203 days ago · 379 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4193 days ago · 552 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3268 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4175 days ago · 620 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4174 days ago · 591 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2285 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4172 days ago · 141 km deep · 91 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001ngn. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC.