M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 11:33 PM GMT+13 (10:33 UTC), 519 km (323 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 243 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-17 10:33:49 UTC
- Depth
- 519.1 km (322.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.618° S, 178.224° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 4033 days ago · 514 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4027 days ago · 588 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 576 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 473 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6243 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3985 days ago · 388 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3981 days ago · 576 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3980 days ago · 598 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.1248 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4036 days ago · 338 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4040 days ago · 601 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4042 days ago · 613 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 371 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4060 days ago · 380 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003j5l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.