M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jun 3, 2016, 1:17 AM GMT-12 (13:17 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 297 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-03 13:17:18 UTC
- Depth
- 29.2 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.251° S, 176.704° 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 18.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3771 days ago · 300 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3761 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3749 days ago · 413 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3292 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3730 days ago · 363 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200061p1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.