M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:10 PM GMT+13 (23:10 UTC), 573 km (356 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
- 2017-12-10 23:10:42 UTC
- Depth
- 573.1 km (356.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.139° S, 177.357° 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 19.3 km horizontally, 26.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 450 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3184 days ago · 394 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3177 days ago · 471 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3173 days ago · 482 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 447 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 526 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 487 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 525 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 590 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c4zt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.