M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 8:40 PM GMT-12 (08:40 UTC), 605 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2021-09-09 08:40:41 UTC
- Depth
- 605.0 km (376.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.750° S, 179.409° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 17.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1844 days ago · 578 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1841 days ago · 575 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1838 days ago · 568 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1832 days ago · 538 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1826 days ago · 599 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1810 days ago · 589 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1806 days ago · 590 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1803 days ago · 586 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1801 days ago · 588 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1790 days ago · 576 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 5.0Fiji region · 1846 days ago · 586 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1848 days ago · 560 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1851 days ago · 576 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1856 days ago · 576 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1856 days ago · 584 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1858 days ago · 600 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1859 days ago · 590 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1866 days ago · 617 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fbi9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.