M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 2:41 PM GMT+13 (01:41 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. 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
- 2024-03-26 01:41:41 UTC
- Depth
- 562.2 km (349.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.040° S, 177.602° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 28
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 910 days ago · 568 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 907 days ago · 528 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 907 days ago · 557 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 901 days ago · 392 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 895 days ago · 567 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3282 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 890 days ago · 588 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 886 days ago · 563 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 885 days ago · 455 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 883 days ago · 629 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 879 days ago · 573 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 867 days ago · 598 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 863 days ago · 559 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 921 days ago · 612 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 927 days ago · 558 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 929 days ago · 552 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 934 days ago · 564 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 938 days ago · 671 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0293 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 943 days ago · 563 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2272 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 944 days ago · 528 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 944 days ago · 537 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m9d5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.