Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 11, 2015, 5:58 AM GMT-12 (17:58 UTC), 570 km (354 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-04-11 17:58:25 UTC
Depth
569.6 km (353.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.936° S, 179.057° 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 22.2 km horizontally, 19.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4194 days ago · 592 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4191 days ago · 526 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 4180 days ago · 598 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 520 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4170 days ago · 589 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4156 days ago · 532 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4151 days ago · 573 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4150 days ago · 588 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 614 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4196 days ago · 584 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4196 days ago · 414 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4208 days ago · 589 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 537 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4222 days ago · 441 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4223 days ago · 612 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200027b7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC.