M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 4, 2021, 4:27 PM GMT-12 (04:27 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-05 04:27:10 UTC
- Depth
- 619.0 km (384.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.250° S, 179.092° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 1992 days ago · 578 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1982 days ago · 548 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 490 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1979 days ago · 596 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 566 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 572 km deep · 81 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e184. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.