M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 13, 2021, 11:41 AM GMT+13 (22:41 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-12 22:41:23 UTC
- Depth
- 583.8 km (362.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.963° S, 178.658° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 585 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 553 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 566 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 549 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1944 days ago · 572 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 581 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 579 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1936 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 578 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 542 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1921 days ago · 494 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1919 days ago · 624 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1914 days ago · 566 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1907 days ago · 458 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1972 days ago · 496 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1974 days ago · 566 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1978 days ago · 534 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1980 days ago · 490 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 548 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4ea. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.