M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 11:19 AM GMT+13 (22:19 UTC), 568 km (353 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-01 22:19:33 UTC
- Depth
- 567.7 km (352.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.112° S, 177.499° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 572 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 622 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1986 days ago · 568 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 540 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 541 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 615 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1971 days ago · 571 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.1Fiji region · 1970 days ago · 384 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2247 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1963 days ago · 341 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 561 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1957 days ago · 628 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 515 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1950 days ago · 597 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 577 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1282 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2017 days ago · 452 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 578 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2031 days ago · 521 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e09t. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.