M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 3:02 AM GMT+12 (15:02 UTC), 638 km (396 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.0 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-20 15:02:56 UTC
- Depth
- 638.0 km (396.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.085° S, 178.689° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 1470 days ago · 561 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1470 days ago · 561 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1466 days ago · 572 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1465 days ago · 583 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1461 days ago · 446 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.9292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1451 days ago · 491 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1450 days ago · 544 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 574 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1443 days ago · 581 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1439 days ago · 542 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1439 days ago · 582 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 598 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1437 days ago · 580 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1436 days ago · 548 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1435 days ago · 512 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.9291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1434 days ago · 537 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1430 days ago · 519 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1428 days ago · 533 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1423 days ago · 559 km deep · 65 km away
- 7.0Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 579 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 4.9Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 581 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 568 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 569 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 560 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 567 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 567 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 568 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 576 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1419 days ago · 593 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1418 days ago · 575 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 521 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1415 days ago · 582 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 1476 days ago · 589 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1482 days ago · 584 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1482 days ago · 525 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1483 days ago · 561 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1485 days ago · 584 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1485 days ago · 585 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1485 days ago · 538 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1487 days ago · 546 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1497 days ago · 588 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1501 days ago · 518 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000innt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.