M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 2:59 PM GMT+13 (01:59 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.9 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-16 01:59:51 UTC
- Depth
- 549.8 km (341.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.265° S, 177.618° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3699 days ago · 567 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3698 days ago · 343 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3695 days ago · 587 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3692 days ago · 513 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3690 days ago · 559 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3689 days ago · 625 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3686 days ago · 342 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 579 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3685 days ago · 592 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3684 days ago · 551 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3679 days ago · 571 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3678 days ago · 576 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3673 days ago · 539 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3668 days ago · 629 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3666 days ago · 564 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.9Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 596 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 5.0Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 591 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 589 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 596 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 587 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 608 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 593 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 601 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 595 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 581 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 491 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 603 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 588 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3652 days ago · 555 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3650 days ago · 562 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3644 days ago · 603 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3643 days ago · 587 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3641 days ago · 563 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3641 days ago · 429 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3709 days ago · 556 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3716 days ago · 569 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3719 days ago · 540 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3722 days ago · 582 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3728 days ago · 426 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3728 days ago · 569 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006f4x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC.