M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 3:42 AM GMT-12 (15:42 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
- 2025-10-07 15:42:19 UTC
- Depth
- 580.5 km (360.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.701° S, 179.091° 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 18.6 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 361 days ago · 607 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 354 days ago · 482 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 348 days ago · 590 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 347 days ago · 612 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 347 days ago · 638 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 336 days ago · 575 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 327 days ago · 593 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 326 days ago · 520 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 319 days ago · 599 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 308 days ago · 646 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 305 days ago · 620 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 303 days ago · 599 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rk72. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.