M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:10 PM GMT+12 (01:10 UTC), 601 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-31 01:10:37 UTC
- Depth
- 601.2 km (373.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.924° S, 177.467° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 550 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3Fiji region · 1853 days ago · 349 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1847 days ago · 567 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1847 days ago · 564 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1845 days ago · 607 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1844 days ago · 573 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1843 days ago · 460 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1841 days ago · 589 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1840 days ago · 622 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1838 days ago · 541 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1832 days ago · 394 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 541 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1828 days ago · 590 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1826 days ago · 500 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1822 days ago · 578 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1819 days ago · 584 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1818 days ago · 581 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1818 days ago · 485 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1816 days ago · 631 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1815 days ago · 612 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1813 days ago · 619 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1812 days ago · 635 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1804 days ago · 570 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1803 days ago · 655 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1802 days ago · 543 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1802 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1801 days ago · 592 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1801 days ago · 610 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1859 days ago · 512 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1862 days ago · 604 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1863 days ago · 537 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1869 days ago · 549 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.5297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1875 days ago · 523 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1877 days ago · 606 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1878 days ago · 597 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1881 days ago · 609 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1882 days ago · 543 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1882 days ago · 630 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1884 days ago · 647 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1885 days ago · 574 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f5zs. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.