M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 13, 2017, 8:49 AM GMT+13 (19:49 UTC), 274 km (170 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 198 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-12 19:49:47 UTC
- Depth
- 273.6 km (170.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.418° S, 176.071° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 388 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7134 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3387 days ago · 153 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.0198 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008tcu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC.