Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 11:53 AM GMT+13 (22:53 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-06-09 22:53:34 UTC
Depth
578.8 km (359.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.625° S, 178.947° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
81

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1919 days ago · 589 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1919 days ago · 446 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1916 days ago · 590 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 6.1Fiji region · 1914 days ago · 600 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1911 days ago · 581 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1911 days ago · 571 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1909 days ago · 583 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1900 days ago · 600 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 1894 days ago · 560 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1891 days ago · 571 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1887 days ago · 607 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1883 days ago · 556 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 1883 days ago · 603 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 1880 days ago · 534 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 620 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 566 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 601 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 1963 days ago · 629 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 584 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ebl7. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.