Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 26, 2015, 4:12 AM GMT+13 (15:12 UTC), 566 km (352 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
2015-05-25 15:12:24 UTC
Depth
565.7 km (351.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.961° S, 177.732° 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 34.3 km horizontally, 24.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4139 days ago · 581 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 576 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 5.0283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4134 days ago · 548 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.8285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4133 days ago · 555 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4130 days ago · 525 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4126 days ago · 585 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 588 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 550 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 5.4Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 347 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4104 days ago · 577 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 4101 days ago · 491 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.5286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4094 days ago · 616 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4153 days ago · 590 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 558 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 580 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 604 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 4171 days ago · 562 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002m21. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC.