M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 2:32 AM GMT+12 (14:32 UTC), 491 km (305 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 264 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-12 14:32:12 UTC
- Depth
- 490.8 km (305.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.241° S, 177.481° 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 25.0 km horizontally, 24.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4097 days ago · 536 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4096 days ago · 615 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4095 days ago · 616 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4094 days ago · 574 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 461 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4081 days ago · 638 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4070 days ago · 581 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4068 days ago · 539 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4065 days ago · 585 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4060 days ago · 561 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4048 days ago · 494 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4046 days ago · 641 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4103 days ago · 623 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4104 days ago · 608 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4105 days ago · 577 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 4106 days ago · 347 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4109 days ago · 576 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 550 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4125 days ago · 577 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4127 days ago · 585 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4131 days ago · 525 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002wux. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.