M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 5:01 PM GMT+13 (04:01 UTC), 611 km (380 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2021-09-22 04:01:02 UTC
- Depth
- 611.0 km (379.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.734° S, 178.859° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1831 days ago · 555 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1826 days ago · 604 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 589 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 582 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1791 days ago · 576 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1786 days ago · 583 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1780 days ago · 539 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 568 km deep · 50 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fev8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.