M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, May 13, 2021, 11:12 AM GMT+12 (23:12 UTC), 373 km (232 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-12 23:12:05 UTC
- Depth
- 373.4 km (232.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.261° S, 177.150° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1957 days ago · 372 km deep · 68 km away
- 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 4.5Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7266 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5263 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 615 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1933 days ago · 329 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 565 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4eb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.