Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 28, 2023, 1:45 AM GMT+13 (12:45 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. 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
2023-05-27 12:45:57 UTC
Depth
602.3 km (374.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.361° S, 178.566° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1220 days ago · 532 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1219 days ago · 551 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 1216 days ago · 572 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 1215 days ago · 570 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 1212 days ago · 562 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1211 days ago · 559 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 1210 days ago · 605 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1208 days ago · 562 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 1206 days ago · 554 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 481 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1199 days ago · 487 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 1194 days ago · 524 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 1193 days ago · 553 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 1192 days ago · 627 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1188 days ago · 553 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 1186 days ago · 566 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.8Fiji region · 1186 days ago · 571 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 1185 days ago · 604 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1184 days ago · 514 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 1182 days ago · 522 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1227 days ago · 525 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.3277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1231 days ago · 474 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.9Fiji region · 1231 days ago · 562 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.3273 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1234 days ago · 440 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 1238 days ago · 596 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1240 days ago · 601 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 1246 days ago · 539 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 1248 days ago · 558 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 1248 days ago · 536 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 1255 days ago · 565 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k5rn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.