M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 6, 2015, 5:05 AM GMT+13 (16:05 UTC), 395 km (245 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 289 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-05 16:05:55 UTC
- Depth
- 394.6 km (245.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.821° S, 178.076° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 12.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 534 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4113 days ago · 460 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4109 days ago · 484 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4106 days ago · 574 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4096 days ago · 464 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5289 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4094 days ago · 316 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4092 days ago · 497 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 528 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 4150 days ago · 606 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4157 days ago · 487 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 465 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4161 days ago · 485 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4163 days ago · 556 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002q0f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.