M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 12:02 AM GMT+14 (10:02 UTC), 628 km (391 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2016-12-23 10:02:14 UTC
- Depth
- 628.5 km (390.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.813° S, 178.415° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 20.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 511 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 563 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 507 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3558 days ago · 476 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 479 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3547 days ago · 583 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2275 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3528 days ago · 392 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3516 days ago · 541 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3514 days ago · 521 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3571 days ago · 385 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 601 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3580 days ago · 605 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3592 days ago · 596 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3593 days ago · 612 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007sbj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.