M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 12:59 AM GMT-12 (12:59 UTC), 609 km (378 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-06 12:59:09 UTC
- Depth
- 608.7 km (378.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.239° S, 179.284° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1450 days ago · 573 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 574 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 527 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 633 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1435 days ago · 519 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1428 days ago · 533 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1417 days ago · 574 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1411 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1408 days ago · 583 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1404 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1403 days ago · 585 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 1402 days ago · 605 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iszk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC.