M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 6:10 AM GMT+13 (17:10 UTC), 630 km (392 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 2016-08-29 17:10:16 UTC
- Depth
- 630.1 km (391.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.852° S, 179.002° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 616 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3680 days ago · 545 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3679 days ago · 547 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3677 days ago · 558 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3663 days ago · 658 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 588 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 572 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3657 days ago · 631 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3650 days ago · 577 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3642 days ago · 576 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 3689 days ago · 619 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3695 days ago · 625 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3697 days ago · 622 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3699 days ago · 563 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3704 days ago · 607 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3709 days ago · 580 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3711 days ago · 554 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3715 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006jll. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.