M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 10:51 PM GMT+13 (09:51 UTC), 497 km (309 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2021-07-27 09:51:15 UTC
- Depth
- 497.5 km (309.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.245° S, 177.480° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1889 days ago · 593 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1883 days ago · 534 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1865 days ago · 417 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.0299 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1854 days ago · 424 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1853 days ago · 349 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2279 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1850 days ago · 563 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1847 days ago · 563 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1846 days ago · 558 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1840 days ago · 595 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1836 days ago · 500 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2285 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1834 days ago · 473 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 1891 days ago · 381 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 566 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1905 days ago · 570 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1905 days ago · 439 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1911 days ago · 446 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 446 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1919 days ago · 597 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f1j4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.