Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 3, 2015, 5:59 PM GMT+13 (04:59 UTC), 638 km (397 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 281 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-03 04:59:27 UTC
Depth
638.1 km (396.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.644° S, 177.779° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4073 days ago · 572 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4068 days ago · 581 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4067 days ago · 539 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 585 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.0265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4058 days ago · 561 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4047 days ago · 494 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 4044 days ago · 641 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4039 days ago · 601 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 4032 days ago · 566 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4032 days ago · 463 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 4029 days ago · 615 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 591 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 619 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 495 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 4025 days ago · 567 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.1294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4021 days ago · 615 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4081 days ago · 623 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4082 days ago · 461 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4092 days ago · 574 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.5286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4093 days ago · 616 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4094 days ago · 615 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 5.8264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4096 days ago · 536 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 4101 days ago · 491 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4103 days ago · 577 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 5.4Fiji region · 4104 days ago · 347 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4107 days ago · 576 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100033xk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC.