M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jun 10, 1981, 8:13 PM GMT+13 (07:13 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-06-10 07:13:27 UTC
- Depth
- 586.1 km (364.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.208° S, 177.699° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16536 days ago · 402 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16506 days ago · 605 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 16504 days ago · 409 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 16504 days ago · 318 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 16502 days ago · 541 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.0297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 16498 days ago · 380 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001e2p. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC.