M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 1:27 PM GMT+13 (00:27 UTC), 415 km (258 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 275 km WNW of Haveluloto, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-03 00:27:25 UTC
- Depth
- 414.8 km (257.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.991° S, 177.669° 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 25.8 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 517 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 424 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3387 days ago · 559 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 533 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 559 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3421 days ago · 529 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 543 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3434 days ago · 562 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 605 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lgy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.