Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 6, 2021, 2:00 PM GMT+12 (02:00 UTC), 583 km (363 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 229 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-05-06 02:00:00 UTC
Depth
583.5 km (362.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.255° S, 178.965° 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 20.6 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
232°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1963 days ago · 558 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1956 days ago · 588 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1955 days ago · 550 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.2233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1953 days ago · 590 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1952 days ago · 574 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.7224 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1949 days ago · 547 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.0107 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1948 days ago · 584 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.2195 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1947 days ago · 554 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.9229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 594 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.4238 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1941 days ago · 555 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1935 days ago · 578 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.1243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1935 days ago · 557 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.1239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1932 days ago · 594 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.2238 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1932 days ago · 603 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 551 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.1177 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1926 days ago · 550 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.0215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1923 days ago · 569 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1923 days ago · 589 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1922 days ago · 576 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1912 days ago · 566 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.2239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1973 days ago · 567 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1974 days ago · 576 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.0229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1975 days ago · 608 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.1228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1979 days ago · 544 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.2221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1979 days ago · 558 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.1224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1986 days ago · 568 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.1205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1995 days ago · 548 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.7213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1998 days ago · 522 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.4245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2001 days ago · 573 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.3226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2002 days ago · 521 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e2dd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.