Fiji earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 9:23 PM GMT+13 (08:23 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mww), moderate
Local time: Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 9:23 PM GMT+13
UTC: 2021-01-09 08:23:01 UTC
Depth: 578.9 km (359.7 mi), deep
Epicenter: 17.934° S, 178.518° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 97°
Stations used: 132

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast280 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d6zw (also filed as iscgem619646071). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.