M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 12, 2017, 11:46 PM GMT+13 (10:46 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2017-11-12 10:46:55 UTC
- Depth
- 584.8 km (363.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.018° S, 177.454° 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 23.4 km horizontally, 19.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 644 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3228 days ago · 525 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 487 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3215 days ago · 573 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 590 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3251 days ago · 483 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bscj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.