M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Nov 28, 2015, 10:34 AM GMT+13 (21:34 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2015-11-27 21:34:34 UTC
- Depth
- 567.0 km (352.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.369° S, 177.224° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3951 days ago · 412 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3938 days ago · 126 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3904 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8294 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3904 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004fzd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.