M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 25, 2021, 11:09 AM GMT+13 (22:09 UTC), 566 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 2021-05-24 22:09:14 UTC
- Depth
- 565.8 km (351.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.313° S, 178.566° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 22
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 572 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 581 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 579 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 578 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1914 days ago · 566 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1911 days ago · 571 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1902 days ago · 605 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 1900 days ago · 563 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1898 days ago · 549 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 550 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1894 days ago · 560 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1973 days ago · 496 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 566 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1979 days ago · 568 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 490 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1982 days ago · 548 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000efiq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.