M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 18, 2015, 10:37 AM GMT+13 (21:37 UTC), 464 km (288 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-17 21:37:42 UTC
- Depth
- 464.0 km (288.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.518° S, 178.554° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 4092 days ago · 497 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4087 days ago · 598 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 4086 days ago · 567 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 528 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4076 days ago · 579 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4071 days ago · 543 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4066 days ago · 549 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4064 days ago · 479 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 595 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 371 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4042 days ago · 613 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4040 days ago · 601 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 4098 days ago · 574 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 574 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 596 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4109 days ago · 484 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4112 days ago · 460 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 613 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 610 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4121 days ago · 554 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4122 days ago · 570 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 547 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002zui. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.