M3.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 4:39 AM GMT+13 (15:39 UTC), 482 km (300 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-14 15:39:19 UTC
- Depth
- 482.2 km (299.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.817° S, 178.928° 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 18.5 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 347 days ago · 638 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 347 days ago · 532 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1296 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 337 days ago · 623 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 336 days ago · 551 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 329 days ago · 587 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 329 days ago · 540 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 326 days ago · 520 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 326 days ago · 607 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 320 days ago · 599 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 319 days ago · 589 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 309 days ago · 522 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 308 days ago · 646 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 305 days ago · 620 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 304 days ago · 599 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 359 days ago · 600 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 361 days ago · 581 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 364 days ago · 655 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 366 days ago · 591 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 372 days ago · 615 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 376 days ago · 474 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rlgb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.