M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 3:01 AM GMT+13 (14:01 UTC), 354 km (220 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 299 km NW 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
- 2017-08-29 14:01:33 UTC
- Depth
- 354.4 km (220.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.009° S, 177.106° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 593 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3295 days ago · 574 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3275 days ago · 587 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1261 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3329 days ago · 317 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3330 days ago · 595 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aqzi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.