Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 10, 2017, 11:31 AM GMT-12 (23:31 UTC), 611 km (380 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-10 23:31:37 UTC
Depth
610.8 km (379.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.394° S, 179.169° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 15.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 602 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3392 days ago · 576 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 3391 days ago · 574 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3369 days ago · 520 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 5.0Fiji region · 3350 days ago · 575 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 520 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 3348 days ago · 573 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3348 days ago · 590 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 581 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 646 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 555 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009mye. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.