M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 3:49 PM GMT+13 (02:49 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. 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
- 2024-11-06 02:49:02 UTC
- Depth
- 583.9 km (362.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.029° S, 178.555° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Fiji region · 695 days ago · 588 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 694 days ago · 591 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 692 days ago · 583 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 691 days ago · 543 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 682 days ago · 549 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 676 days ago · 607 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 676 days ago · 562 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 673 days ago · 537 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 669 days ago · 584 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 656 days ago · 589 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 650 days ago · 488 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.5277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 643 days ago · 543 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 641 days ago · 565 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 640 days ago · 540 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 698 days ago · 574 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 701 days ago · 590 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 702 days ago · 570 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 713 days ago · 616 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 606 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 724 days ago · 538 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000p70q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.