M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 4:40 AM GMT+13 (15:40 UTC), 572 km (355 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2023-04-07 15:40:23 UTC
- Depth
- 571.9 km (355.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.424° S, 178.887° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1273 days ago · 606 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1271 days ago · 617 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1256 days ago · 594 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1254 days ago · 609 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1253 days ago · 565 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1250 days ago · 580 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1246 days ago · 592 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1245 days ago · 536 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1243 days ago · 539 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1235 days ago · 596 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1230 days ago · 602 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 1228 days ago · 562 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1215 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1276 days ago · 599 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 594 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 586 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1286 days ago · 592 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1294 days ago · 546 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 629 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1300 days ago · 578 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1302 days ago · 551 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k43k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.