Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 7:49 AM GMT+13 (18:49 UTC), 601 km (373 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. 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
2022-09-21 18:49:05 UTC
Depth
600.8 km (373.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.012° S, 177.474° 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, 10.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1470 days ago · 617 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1470 days ago · 539 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1464 days ago · 573 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1464 days ago · 446 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1462 days ago · 607 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1456 days ago · 429 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 1456 days ago · 580 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 578 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 1447 days ago · 620 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 609 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1437 days ago · 561 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1435 days ago · 597 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 1435 days ago · 580 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 1434 days ago · 571 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1428 days ago · 592 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.7Fiji region · 1420 days ago · 568 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.1240 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1419 days ago · 333 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.7Fiji region · 1417 days ago · 324 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1475 days ago · 462 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 1483 days ago · 570 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 1488 days ago · 581 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1489 days ago · 599 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1492 days ago · 482 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1498 days ago · 556 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1501 days ago · 629 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1501 days ago · 629 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1502 days ago · 523 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 1502 days ago · 618 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000inzv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.