M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 22, 2015, 1:46 PM GMT+13 (00:46 UTC), 556 km (346 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. 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
- 2015-11-22 00:46:42 UTC
- Depth
- 556.1 km (345.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.924° S, 178.790° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 3936 days ago · 438 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3924 days ago · 593 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3922 days ago · 611 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3919 days ago · 587 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3911 days ago · 584 km deep · 59 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000419l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.