M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 6:32 AM GMT-12 (18:32 UTC), 380 km (236 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 248 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-10 18:32:28 UTC
- Depth
- 380.1 km (236.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.128° S, 176.521° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 1810 days ago · 411 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5248 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fbus. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.