M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jun 23, 2017, 3:55 AM GMT+12 (15:55 UTC), 566 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 2017-06-22 15:55:01 UTC
- Depth
- 565.7 km (351.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.046° S, 177.314° 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 25.7 km horizontally, 21.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 273°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
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
- 4.0265 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3387 days ago · 543 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 3367 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4269 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3356 days ago · 406 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000956e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.