M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 2:47 PM GMT+13 (01:47 UTC), 564 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-21 01:47:13 UTC
- Depth
- 564.4 km (350.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.496° S, 178.918° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 1471 days ago · 627 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1470 days ago · 609 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1457 days ago · 609 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1450 days ago · 573 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 574 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 527 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 633 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1435 days ago · 519 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1428 days ago · 533 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1417 days ago · 574 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000inza. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.