M 4.1 earthquake – Fiji region
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Local time: Oct 22, 2026 · 03:24 (UTC+13)
LightDeep · 572 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.1body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 572 kmDeep earthquake
- Epicenter
- -19.414, -177.618317 km from Nuku‘alofa
- Energy released
- 21 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 259USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 19, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 21 tons of TNT, 22 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Fiji.
- 8.2 2018 Fiji Earthquake Aug 19, 2018
- 8.0 Tonga Jan 4, 1903
- 7.8 159 km W of Pangai, Tonga Dec 14, 1950
- 7.8 Fiji region Jan 1, 1919
- 7.6 240 km E of Levuka, Fiji Mar 9, 1994
- 7.6 178 km E of Levuka, Fiji Feb 22, 1909
- 7.5 158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga Mar 24, 2026
- 7.5 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga May 21, 1962