Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:49 PM GMT+12 (03:49 UTC), 614 km (382 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 03:49:50 UTC
Depth
614.3 km (381.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.412° S, 177.371° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 15.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
213°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 373 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1958 days ago · 372 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.7266 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1956 days ago · 633 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.5263 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1954 days ago · 562 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.4297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 571 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 615 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.3291 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1933 days ago · 329 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1927 days ago · 635 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1922 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 565 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1969 days ago · 537 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1982 days ago · 593 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.4264 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1988 days ago · 546 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 1993 days ago · 606 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1993 days ago · 601 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 1993 days ago · 502 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.6280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1994 days ago · 536 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.3295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1995 days ago · 587 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e44n. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.