M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 6:37 AM GMT+13 (17:37 UTC), 412 km (256 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-10 17:37:21 UTC
- Depth
- 412.3 km (256.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.037° S, 177.244° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 35
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3937 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3904 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8294 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3903 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8292 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3900 days ago · 412 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004h3c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.