M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 9:08 AM GMT+12 (21:08 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-04 21:08:08 UTC
- Depth
- 564.6 km (350.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.224° S, 177.147° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 608 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1883 days ago · 647 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1877 days ago · 597 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 601 km deep · 85 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000et89. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.