Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 6:13 PM GMT+13 (05:13 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-03-27 05:13:42 UTC
Depth
555.7 km (345.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.209° S, 178.346° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 4207 days ago · 601 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4205 days ago · 555 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4204 days ago · 436 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4203 days ago · 561 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 525 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 600 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 590 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 544 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 4188 days ago · 614 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.6293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4184 days ago · 536 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 4178 days ago · 507 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 6.1Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 581 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 562 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 537 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 600 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 583 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 5.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 601 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 4157 days ago · 487 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 4.0291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4157 days ago · 559 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 514 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 4.6Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 554 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 4.2Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 600 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4150 days ago · 564 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4209 days ago · 561 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4211 days ago · 428 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4213 days ago · 594 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4213 days ago · 569 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4214 days ago · 391 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4219 days ago · 506 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.3299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4225 days ago · 499 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4225 days ago · 592 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 5.1Fiji region · 4227 days ago · 565 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.8291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4231 days ago · 552 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.1255 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4232 days ago · 372 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4234 days ago · 529 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 4234 days ago · 610 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 4234 days ago · 594 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 4235 days ago · 534 km deep · 25 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001ss4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC.