M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 7:24 AM GMT+12 (19:24 UTC), 526 km (327 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-19 19:24:52 UTC
- Depth
- 525.5 km (326.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.591° S, 177.811° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3449 days ago · 460 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3448 days ago · 582 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 611 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3434 days ago · 600 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0279 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3432 days ago · 608 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3430 days ago · 571 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3425 days ago · 594 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3422 days ago · 586 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 600 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3416 days ago · 625 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 618 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3410 days ago · 583 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3405 days ago · 598 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3394 days ago · 612 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 660 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3452 days ago · 639 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3452 days ago · 639 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.0245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3452 days ago · 628 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3452 days ago · 634 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3452 days ago · 635 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 579 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 609 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 372 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 572 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3454 days ago · 539 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.8266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3457 days ago · 502 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3460 days ago · 562 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3460 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3464 days ago · 534 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3464 days ago · 406 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3464 days ago · 542 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 568 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3468 days ago · 580 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3470 days ago · 482 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3474 days ago · 620 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008j36. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC.