M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 1:02 AM GMT+13 (12:02 UTC), 461 km (286 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-20 12:02:06 UTC
- Depth
- 461.0 km (286.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.831° S, 178.842° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 17.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1772 days ago · 603 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1767 days ago · 582 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1763 days ago · 613 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 1751 days ago · 562 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1748 days ago · 550 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1737 days ago · 585 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 1734 days ago · 586 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1731 days ago · 589 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1725 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1721 days ago · 619 km deep · 43 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fwsh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.