M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 3:45 PM GMT+12 (03:45 UTC), 411 km (255 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 88 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-16 03:45:15 UTC
- Depth
- 410.7 km (255.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.528° S, 177.094° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1105 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1808 days ago · 393 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4242 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1784 days ago · 421 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2123 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1780 days ago · 417 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.588 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1773 days ago · 369 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3256 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1766 days ago · 362 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000fw6d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.