Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 29, 2015, 12:08 PM GMT+12 (00:08 UTC), 405 km (252 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
2015-05-29 00:08:32 UTC
Depth
405.1 km (251.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.480° S, 177.268° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
187°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 399 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 412 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 566 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4139 days ago · 581 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4138 days ago · 429 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4137 days ago · 541 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.1288 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4135 days ago · 520 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 576 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.2269 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4114 days ago · 393 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 4102 days ago · 608 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4101 days ago · 491 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.1292 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4099 days ago · 402 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 532 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.2285 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4170 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4171 days ago · 562 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002n94. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.