Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 11:19 PM GMT+12 (11:19 UTC), 622 km (386 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 223 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2015-03-17 11:19:30 UTC
Depth
621.8 km (386.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.385° S, 177.836° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 12.2 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.5225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4218 days ago · 556 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 622 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4215 days ago · 591 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4214 days ago · 517 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 5.2238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4213 days ago · 615 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4213 days ago · 547 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4213 days ago · 581 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4211 days ago · 583 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.1267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4208 days ago · 593 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 4205 days ago · 568 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 5.9223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4202 days ago · 560 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 4201 days ago · 268 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 4201 days ago · 411 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.1231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4200 days ago · 604 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.4238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4197 days ago · 588 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4194 days ago · 627 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4191 days ago · 638 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4183 days ago · 506 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4179 days ago · 632 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4172 days ago · 591 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 4171 days ago · 562 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4170 days ago · 490 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 604 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 580 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4220 days ago · 618 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 4222 days ago · 579 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4230 days ago · 626 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4235 days ago · 468 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4236 days ago · 521 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 5.1250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4241 days ago · 594 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.8248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4243 days ago · 576 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001p78. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.