Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:33 AM GMT+12 (22:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 188 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-05-21 22:33:14 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.631° S, 177.343° W
Region
Fiji
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7266 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.5263 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.0175 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1952 days ago · 428 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 5.6188 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1941 days ago · 432 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.3183 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1920 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 565 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.6181 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1908 days ago · 440 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  2. 5.7187 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1965 days ago · 416 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 373 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.4184 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1966 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 5.7234 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1967 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1967 days ago · 614 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.3246 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1975 days ago · 414 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.3210 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1979 days ago · 610 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.1183 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1980 days ago · 422 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ef42. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.