M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 11:11 AM GMT-12 (23:11 UTC), 583 km (363 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
- 2024-12-08 23:11:27 UTC
- Depth
- 583.5 km (362.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.929° S, 179.308° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 658 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 655 days ago · 613 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 634 days ago · 569 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 627 days ago · 493 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 620 days ago · 543 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 609 days ago · 622 km deep · 62 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p0c2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC.