M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 8:41 PM GMT+13 (07:41 UTC), 236 km (147 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2022-10-13 07:41:57 UTC
- Depth
- 235.9 km (146.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.899° S, 176.158° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.381 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1450 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1444 days ago · 202 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iuuy. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:49 AM UTC.