M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 8, 2021, 5:55 PM GMT+13 (04:55 UTC), 531 km (330 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-08 04:55:21 UTC
- Depth
- 530.7 km (329.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.291° S, 178.310° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 505 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1995 days ago · 561 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1991 days ago · 555 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1987 days ago · 510 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1985 days ago · 568 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1984 days ago · 495 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 526 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 540 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1980 days ago · 490 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1980 days ago · 518 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1978 days ago · 534 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 484 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1974 days ago · 566 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1972 days ago · 496 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 585 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 553 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 533 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 515 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 549 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1950 days ago · 404 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1950 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1944 days ago · 572 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1941 days ago · 347 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 584 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 2001 days ago · 592 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 574 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2015 days ago · 537 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 541 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 555 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 488 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2029 days ago · 598 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e1tp. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.