Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 11, 2015, 10:11 AM GMT+13 (21:11 UTC), 543 km (337 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-10 21:11:20 UTC
Depth
542.5 km (337.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.855° S, 178.450° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4066 days ago · 549 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4064 days ago · 479 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 595 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 558 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 545 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 4054 days ago · 585 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 4045 days ago · 559 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 4042 days ago · 613 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4041 days ago · 483 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 4040 days ago · 601 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4038 days ago · 591 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 4034 days ago · 519 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4033 days ago · 514 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 4028 days ago · 581 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 4027 days ago · 588 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4076 days ago · 579 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 528 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4087 days ago · 598 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4090 days ago · 619 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4092 days ago · 497 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4095 days ago · 464 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4098 days ago · 574 km deep · 23 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100035b0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.