Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 3, 2017, 2:06 AM GMT-12 (14:06 UTC), 634 km (394 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-03 14:06:32 UTC
Depth
633.5 km (393.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.088° S, 179.200° 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 35.1 km horizontally, 27.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
218°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 622 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 5.1Fiji region · 3490 days ago · 584 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.9Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 560 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 565 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 549 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.9Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 584 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 3463 days ago · 522 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 611 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 3451 days ago · 488 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 3446 days ago · 609 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 3501 days ago · 532 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3506 days ago · 543 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3507 days ago · 584 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 566 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 527 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 571 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 5.3Fiji region · 3514 days ago · 599 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3515 days ago · 541 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3522 days ago · 532 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 5.0Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 581 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008884. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC.