M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 6, 2015, 9:12 AM GMT-12 (21:12 UTC), 397 km (247 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 263 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2015-08-06 21:12:25 UTC
- Depth
- 396.8 km (246.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.381° S, 176.938° 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, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2263 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4070 days ago · 403 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4060 days ago · 526 km deep · 59 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100034gq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.