Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 7, 2021, 12:26 PM GMT+13 (23:26 UTC), 571 km (355 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-05-06 23:26:59 UTC
Depth
570.8 km (354.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.768° S, 177.363° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.1Fiji region · 1970 days ago · 384 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 561 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1957 days ago · 628 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1956 days ago · 633 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 629 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.4297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 571 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1943 days ago · 496 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1942 days ago · 373 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 1941 days ago · 618 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1930 days ago · 574 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 611 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 605 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 597 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 446 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1914 days ago · 597 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 615 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 541 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1992 days ago · 606 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1993 days ago · 601 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.3295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1995 days ago · 587 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2000 days ago · 553 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 622 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e0uy. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.