Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 3:50 AM GMT+13 (14:50 UTC), 490 km (304 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-04-27 14:50:10 UTC
Depth
489.6 km (304.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.080° S, 178.198° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1978 days ago · 534 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 484 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 1974 days ago · 566 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1972 days ago · 496 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 585 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.2238 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1959 days ago · 374 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 553 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 566 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 533 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 1952 days ago · 549 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 572 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 581 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 579 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 1936 days ago · 530 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 552 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 578 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 4.4Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 542 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1927 days ago · 505 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1921 days ago · 494 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1921 days ago · 517 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 548 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 5.1270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1984 days ago · 495 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1987 days ago · 510 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1995 days ago · 561 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.6265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 436 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 505 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 531 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 619 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e02p. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.