M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 7, 2015, 5:48 PM GMT+12 (05:48 UTC), 641 km (398 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-07 05:48:10 UTC
- Depth
- 640.9 km (398.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.201° S, 177.679° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4041 days ago · 573 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4039 days ago · 601 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4032 days ago · 567 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4031 days ago · 463 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4030 days ago · 537 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4029 days ago · 615 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4029 days ago · 591 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4028 days ago · 619 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4028 days ago · 495 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4020 days ago · 615 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4016 days ago · 583 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 628 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4014 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4012 days ago · 597 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4003 days ago · 588 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4003 days ago · 494 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4002 days ago · 521 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3998 days ago · 607 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2298 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3994 days ago · 454 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3994 days ago · 563 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3993 days ago · 602 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3993 days ago · 559 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3990 days ago · 574 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 3988 days ago · 608 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3984 days ago · 604 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3984 days ago · 605 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4046 days ago · 494 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4046 days ago · 597 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4048 days ago · 606 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4057 days ago · 561 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 585 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4064 days ago · 613 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4066 days ago · 539 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4067 days ago · 581 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4072 days ago · 604 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
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