Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 10, 2015, 11:33 PM GMT+13 (10:33 UTC), 471 km (293 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-10 10:33:50 UTC
Depth
471.3 km (292.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.325° S, 177.610° 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, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
27

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. 4.3Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 604 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 580 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4158 days ago · 556 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 451 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4156 days ago · 558 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 4155 days ago · 554 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 566 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4148 days ago · 477 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 4147 days ago · 608 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4145 days ago · 520 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4133 days ago · 526 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4130 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4130 days ago · 525 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 4129 days ago · 453 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 4117 days ago · 588 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 553 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 487 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 4.3266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 255 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 5.4Fiji region · 4104 days ago · 347 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4178 days ago · 507 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4178 days ago · 487 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4191 days ago · 544 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 562 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002av2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.