Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 3:45 PM GMT+13 (02:45 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 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
2026-02-08 02:45:56 UTC
Depth
587.0 km (364.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.770° S, 178.568° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.2Fiji region · 236 days ago · 513 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 235 days ago · 414 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 232 days ago · 542 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 232 days ago · 494 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 611 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 227 days ago · 585 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 220 days ago · 508 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 219 days ago · 509 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 503 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 218 days ago · 551 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 204 days ago · 518 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 201 days ago · 572 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 199 days ago · 590 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 498 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.8Fiji region · 198 days ago · 575 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 197 days ago · 515 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 4.3266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 416 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 196 days ago · 517 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 188 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 520 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 187 days ago · 548 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.9Fiji region · 186 days ago · 591 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 180 days ago · 534 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 246 days ago · 660 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 248 days ago · 533 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 5.0Fiji region · 253 days ago · 589 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 254 days ago · 420 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.9Fiji region · 257 days ago · 597 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 261 days ago · 589 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 263 days ago · 526 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s77m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.