M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 2:11 AM GMT+12 (14:11 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 256 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2016-03-29 14:11:52 UTC
- Depth
- 57.8 km (35.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.077° S, 177.673° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3824 days ago · 590 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1256 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3823 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1283 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3804 days ago · 335 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3797 days ago · 545 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005eid. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.