M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:27 PM GMT+13 (08:27 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 270 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
- 2021-03-17 08:27:29 UTC
- Depth
- 540.8 km (336.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.337° S, 178.125° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 537 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 574 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 592 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 531 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1997 days ago · 505 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 436 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1996 days ago · 561 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1992 days ago · 555 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1991 days ago · 582 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1988 days ago · 510 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1986 days ago · 568 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.1270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1984 days ago · 495 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 526 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 540 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 490 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 518 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1979 days ago · 534 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1979 days ago · 568 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1976 days ago · 484 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 566 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1973 days ago · 496 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 555 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2029 days ago · 488 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2030 days ago · 598 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 529 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2034 days ago · 567 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2035 days ago · 551 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 547 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2037 days ago · 530 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2044 days ago · 576 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2046 days ago · 585 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2047 days ago · 563 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2052 days ago · 480 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dwed. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC.