M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 7:54 AM GMT+12 (19:54 UTC), 526 km (327 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-21 19:54:32 UTC
- Depth
- 525.6 km (326.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.310° S, 177.488° 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 21.2 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0254 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4058 days ago · 651 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4046 days ago · 494 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4031 days ago · 463 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4029 days ago · 615 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 495 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003gfu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.