M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jul 23, 2015, 9:22 PM GMT+12 (09:22 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-23 09:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 619.4 km (384.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.348° S, 178.984° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 4087 days ago · 598 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4077 days ago · 579 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4071 days ago · 543 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 558 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4060 days ago · 616 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4055 days ago · 585 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 4045 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4043 days ago · 613 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4038 days ago · 591 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4033 days ago · 514 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 4098 days ago · 574 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4102 days ago · 566 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4106 days ago · 596 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2281 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4114 days ago · 585 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 613 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 610 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100031e6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.