M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 11:17 AM GMT-12 (23:17 UTC), 404 km (251 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2023-03-27 23:17:27 UTC
- Depth
- 403.6 km (250.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.295° S, 176.955° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1286 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1258 days ago · 410 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1233 days ago · 419 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k079. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.