Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 7:29 AM GMT+12 (19:29 UTC), 647 km (402 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 287 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-23 19:29:45 UTC
Depth
646.7 km (401.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.286° S, 177.548° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

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

  1. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1101 days ago · 452 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1100 days ago · 566 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.2281 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1091 days ago · 424 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.2249 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1076 days ago · 559 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.1270 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1074 days ago · 629 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.3293 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1068 days ago · 530 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.1288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1059 days ago · 606 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1058 days ago · 599 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.3259 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1058 days ago · 616 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.5287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1056 days ago · 567 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1049 days ago · 568 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.2252 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1047 days ago · 406 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1116 days ago · 598 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1119 days ago · 513 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1119 days ago · 372 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.3285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1126 days ago · 596 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1131 days ago · 433 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lbe7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.