Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 19, 2015, 2:52 PM GMT+13 (01:52 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-19 01:52:04 UTC
Depth
584.9 km (363.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.751° S, 177.685° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4058 days ago · 561 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 542 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4044 days ago · 641 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4032 days ago · 566 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 4029 days ago · 615 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 619 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 495 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 4025 days ago · 567 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.1294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4021 days ago · 615 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4017 days ago · 583 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4015 days ago · 628 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 583 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 543 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4068 days ago · 581 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4073 days ago · 572 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 4079 days ago · 638 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4082 days ago · 461 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.5286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4093 days ago · 616 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003gcw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.