Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 1:09 AM GMT+14 (11:09 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-26 11:09:58 UTC
Depth
555.8 km (345.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.517° S, 177.536° 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 24.1 km horizontally, 19.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 576 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 501 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 565 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3553 days ago · 525 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3551 days ago · 605 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3536 days ago · 530 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 602 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.3286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3527 days ago · 573 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.1273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3526 days ago · 526 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 3520 days ago · 565 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3517 days ago · 386 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.3236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3512 days ago · 527 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 589 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 451 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 548 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 513 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 426 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 3568 days ago · 576 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 3568 days ago · 568 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 5.4Fiji region · 3580 days ago · 451 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.5277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 499 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007t1z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.