M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 1:24 AM GMT+13 (12:24 UTC), 322 km (200 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 126 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-09 12:24:40 UTC
- Depth
- 321.8 km (200.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.740° S, 176.256° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6123 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3700 days ago · 231 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3699 days ago · 343 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7126 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3699 days ago · 196 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7250 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3695 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5107 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3693 days ago · 183 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3142 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3680 days ago · 222 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ewm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC.