Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 5:11 AM GMT+13 (16:11 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
2025-04-05 16:11:22 UTC
Depth
586.5 km (364.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.821° S, 178.685° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
96

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 579 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 630 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 541 days ago · 575 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 551 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.1281 km W of Houma, Tonga · 535 days ago · 464 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 535 days ago · 601 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 523 days ago · 600 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 522 days ago · 559 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 522 days ago · 607 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 520 days ago · 585 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.2299 km W of Houma, Tonga · 517 days ago · 480 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 577 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 514 days ago · 496 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 512 days ago · 623 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 512 days ago · 499 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 511 days ago · 619 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 508 days ago · 498 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 478 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 502 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.6Fiji region · 502 days ago · 622 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 498 days ago · 598 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.6299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 548 days ago · 526 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 552 days ago · 583 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 554 days ago · 533 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 567 days ago · 561 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 569 days ago · 508 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q49v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.