Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 12:14 PM GMT+12 (00:14 UTC), 615 km (382 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 00:14:45 UTC
Depth
615.2 km (382.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.200° S, 177.419° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
157°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 591 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 619 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 495 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.1294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4020 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4017 days ago · 583 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 628 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 583 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4003 days ago · 494 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.2298 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3995 days ago · 454 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 3994 days ago · 602 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 3993 days ago · 559 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 5.2Fiji region · 3988 days ago · 608 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 4.7Fiji region · 3984 days ago · 604 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.2258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3984 days ago · 605 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.1285 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3981 days ago · 559 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.3268 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.7277 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3978 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3977 days ago · 575 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.1254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3974 days ago · 484 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 3974 days ago · 493 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 3972 days ago · 628 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 4.1Fiji region · 3972 days ago · 573 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4031 days ago · 463 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4044 days ago · 641 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4046 days ago · 494 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.0265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4058 days ago · 561 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003lbv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC.