M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 2:54 PM GMT+13 (01:54 UTC), 614 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2023-02-10 01:54:19 UTC
- Depth
- 613.9 km (381.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.738° S, 177.560° 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 17.3 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1330 days ago · 581 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1329 days ago · 535 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1323 days ago · 556 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1321 days ago · 563 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 596 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1320 days ago · 460 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1318 days ago · 522 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1318 days ago · 455 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1317 days ago · 578 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1316 days ago · 456 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1314 days ago · 540 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1311 days ago · 565 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1311 days ago · 491 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1311 days ago · 611 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1309 days ago · 510 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1305 days ago · 573 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1305 days ago · 589 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.0290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1301 days ago · 609 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1301 days ago · 606 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1294 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 545 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 334 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 553 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1286 days ago · 550 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1282 days ago · 562 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1280 days ago · 547 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1278 days ago · 546 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 1334 days ago · 620 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1334 days ago · 602 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1338 days ago · 568 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1344 days ago · 564 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1347 days ago · 588 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 569 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1350 days ago · 576 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1350 days ago · 387 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1355 days ago · 590 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1355 days ago · 558 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 541 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1360 days ago · 372 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1361 days ago · 553 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jpmk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.