M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 3:51 AM GMT+13 (14:51 UTC), 469 km (291 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2017-02-12 14:51:02 UTC
- Depth
- 468.7 km (291.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.582° S, 178.085° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3516 days ago · 386 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3515 days ago · 541 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 3514 days ago · 599 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 571 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 451 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 548 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 513 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 545 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 566 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3506 days ago · 543 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 529 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 586 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 622 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3493 days ago · 613 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3493 days ago · 501 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 557 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3488 days ago · 512 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3483 days ago · 554 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3480 days ago · 567 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 516 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3469 days ago · 590 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 565 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3461 days ago · 391 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3458 days ago · 580 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 3520 days ago · 565 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3522 days ago · 532 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3525 days ago · 526 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3525 days ago · 580 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3528 days ago · 571 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 553 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3532 days ago · 538 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3540 days ago · 554 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3547 days ago · 590 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3547 days ago · 503 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008li6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC.