Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 10:36 AM GMT+13 (21:36 UTC), 616 km (383 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-21 21:36:02 UTC
Depth
616.5 km (383.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.847° S, 178.265° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
94°
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 545 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 4057 days ago · 591 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4054 days ago · 585 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 4045 days ago · 559 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4038 days ago · 591 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.7263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4037 days ago · 362 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4031 days ago · 566 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 598 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4028 days ago · 581 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4024 days ago · 502 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 4024 days ago · 587 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.1282 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4015 days ago · 581 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4015 days ago · 501 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 4010 days ago · 606 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 576 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 4.4254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4008 days ago · 487 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 4007 days ago · 557 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 4006 days ago · 556 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4004 days ago · 538 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 4003 days ago · 500 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 558 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4077 days ago · 501 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 4090 days ago · 619 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003gft. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.