Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 5:03 AM GMT+13 (16:03 UTC), 575 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. 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
2025-01-07 16:03:10 UTC
Depth
574.8 km (357.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.793° S, 178.043° 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, 8.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 621 days ago · 595 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 617 days ago · 442 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.4285 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 614 days ago · 579 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 614 days ago · 579 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.2242 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 609 days ago · 366 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.0274 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 604 days ago · 575 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 596 days ago · 514 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.3264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 595 days ago · 398 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 595 days ago · 547 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 593 days ago · 537 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 587 days ago · 577 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.2281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 585 days ago · 553 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 579 days ago · 550 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.2251 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 637 days ago · 493 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 639 days ago · 425 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.2267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 641 days ago · 484 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 642 days ago · 565 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.1268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 643 days ago · 437 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 5.5277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 645 days ago · 543 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 5.6Fiji region · 648 days ago · 459 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.9275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 649 days ago · 482 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 651 days ago · 488 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 655 days ago · 550 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.9298 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 659 days ago · 523 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pkrc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.