M4.2 earthquake 294 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 294 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 6:12 AM GMT+12 (18:12 UTC), 588 km (365 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 2016-06-25 18:12:02 UTC
- Depth
- 587.6 km (365.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.335° S, 178.227° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3744 days ago · 589 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3733 days ago · 555 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3727 days ago · 569 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3726 days ago · 426 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3722 days ago · 525 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3721 days ago · 582 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3718 days ago · 540 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3714 days ago · 569 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3708 days ago · 556 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3699 days ago · 550 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 587 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ymc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.