M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 1:56 PM GMT-12 (01:56 UTC), 571 km (355 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2023-12-30 01:56:45 UTC
- Depth
- 571.1 km (354.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.730° S, 179.163° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 1007 days ago · 598 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1003 days ago · 660 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1003 days ago · 535 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1002 days ago · 605 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 990 days ago · 580 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 978 days ago · 597 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 966 days ago · 601 km deep · 93 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m2r7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.