M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 5, 2016, 10:17 PM GMT+13 (09:17 UTC), 534 km (332 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2016-07-05 09:17:31 UTC
- Depth
- 533.8 km (331.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.808° S, 178.252° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3739 days ago · 584 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3739 days ago · 566 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3734 days ago · 516 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3733 days ago · 544 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 467 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 539 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 504 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3728 days ago · 606 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3723 days ago · 611 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3723 days ago · 578 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3722 days ago · 525 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3717 days ago · 559 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3715 days ago · 579 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3715 days ago · 553 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3711 days ago · 554 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3709 days ago · 580 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3704 days ago · 607 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3700 days ago · 564 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3699 days ago · 563 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3697 days ago · 528 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3696 days ago · 469 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3691 days ago · 480 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3690 days ago · 384 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3689 days ago · 619 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3689 days ago · 559 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3687 days ago · 508 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 630 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 532 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 616 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3682 days ago · 537 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3748 days ago · 544 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3754 days ago · 595 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3755 days ago · 597 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3760 days ago · 561 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3761 days ago · 590 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3762 days ago · 516 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3763 days ago · 583 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3769 days ago · 520 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100062xe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.