M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 23, 2016, 7:49 AM GMT+12 (19:49 UTC), 389 km (242 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 2016-10-22 19:49:49 UTC
- Depth
- 388.7 km (241.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.728° S, 177.137° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3631 days ago · 600 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3625 days ago · 597 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3611 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3594 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3594 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3588 days ago · 631 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2272 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3585 days ago · 367 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3584 days ago · 562 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3583 days ago · 522 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3634 days ago · 536 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3643 days ago · 371 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3651 days ago · 603 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 596 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3661 days ago · 401 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072l5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.