M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 4, 2017, 7:19 PM GMT+13 (06:19 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2017-07-04 06:19:52 UTC
- Depth
- 602.3 km (374.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.663° S, 178.193° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 533 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3343 days ago · 593 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 518 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 584 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 567 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 499 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3336 days ago · 534 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3323 days ago · 577 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3321 days ago · 555 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3317 days ago · 555 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3386 days ago · 559 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100098ta. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.