M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Sep 22, 2017, 8:18 AM GMT+13 (19:18 UTC), 593 km (369 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 2017-09-21 19:18:49 UTC
- Depth
- 593.3 km (368.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.995° S, 177.212° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3295 days ago · 574 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3275 days ago · 587 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3252 days ago · 483 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 590 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3319 days ago · 354 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000awq0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.