Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 21, 2021, 2:19 PM GMT+13 (01:19 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 265 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-05-21 01:19:40 UTC
Depth
628.1 km (390.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.648° S, 177.587° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1956 days ago · 633 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1953 days ago · 562 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 5.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1948 days ago · 521 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 629 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.4297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 571 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1943 days ago · 496 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1942 days ago · 373 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 1941 days ago · 618 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 615 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1930 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 1929 days ago · 551 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 611 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 605 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 1927 days ago · 495 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1926 days ago · 635 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 597 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 446 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1914 days ago · 597 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 1905 days ago · 570 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1898 days ago · 546 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 561 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 6.1Fiji region · 1970 days ago · 384 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1971 days ago · 571 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 615 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.3249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1975 days ago · 598 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 541 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1982 days ago · 593 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4ye. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.