Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 8:50 PM GMT+13 (07:50 UTC), 545 km (339 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
2022-06-27 07:50:23 UTC
Depth
545.2 km (338.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.483° S, 177.423° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1559 days ago · 554 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.2285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1557 days ago · 557 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1552 days ago · 570 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1551 days ago · 496 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1549 days ago · 569 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1547 days ago · 574 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 1544 days ago · 536 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1543 days ago · 514 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1543 days ago · 607 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.1274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1540 days ago · 483 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.4294 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1538 days ago · 540 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.4285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1536 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 536 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.2256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1531 days ago · 546 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1529 days ago · 568 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 1524 days ago · 537 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 1521 days ago · 397 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.8276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1515 days ago · 543 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 1514 days ago · 403 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 4.1281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1510 days ago · 495 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1509 days ago · 501 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 1506 days ago · 558 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 4.5Fiji region · 1503 days ago · 518 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.2225 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1565 days ago · 350 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1566 days ago · 584 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.0279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1570 days ago · 520 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.1293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1572 days ago · 520 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1574 days ago · 612 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1575 days ago · 516 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 1575 days ago · 577 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 1576 days ago · 618 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.1256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1584 days ago · 507 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hz3p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC.