Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 3, 2021, 2:19 PM GMT+13 (01:19 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-11-03 01:19:22 UTC
Depth
576.3 km (358.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.778° S, 178.476° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
102

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1786 days ago · 583 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1783 days ago · 425 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1782 days ago · 532 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.9269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 505 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1780 days ago · 539 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 568 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1770 days ago · 475 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1769 days ago · 542 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 1766 days ago · 570 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1763 days ago · 613 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 1756 days ago · 558 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 4.5286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1750 days ago · 522 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.0288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 505 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 1737 days ago · 642 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 1731 days ago · 589 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1806 days ago · 511 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 582 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 589 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1814 days ago · 419 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fr07. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.