M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 28, 2015, 12:56 AM GMT+13 (11:56 UTC), 608 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
- 2015-05-27 11:56:24 UTC
- Depth
- 607.8 km (377.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.770° S, 178.347° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4145 days ago · 520 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 538 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0242 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 656 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 671 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4136 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 578 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 526 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4133 days ago · 492 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 572 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 592 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 453 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 4127 days ago · 656 km deep · 98 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 4122 days ago · 563 km deep · 74 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.3Fiji region · 4117 days ago · 588 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2281 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4114 days ago · 585 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 487 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4102 days ago · 566 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4099 days ago · 569 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4098 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4090 days ago · 619 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4148 days ago · 477 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4150 days ago · 564 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 600 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 554 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4157 days ago · 559 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 601 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4172 days ago · 537 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4175 days ago · 562 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002mcp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.