Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 10:20 PM GMT+13 (09:20 UTC), 548 km (341 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-04-26 09:20:51 UTC
Depth
548.4 km (340.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.265° S, 178.606° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1980 days ago · 490 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 1974 days ago · 566 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1972 days ago · 496 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 566 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 572 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 581 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 579 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 578 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 5.4Fiji region · 1991 days ago · 578 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1996 days ago · 561 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.6265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 436 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 619 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2005 days ago · 606 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 6.0Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 595 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dyzx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.