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M5.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 12:19 PM GMT-12 (00:19 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2021-12-30 00:19:54 UTC
Depth
586.4 km (364.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.678° S, 179.337° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
203

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 1732 days ago · 589 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1725 days ago · 591 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1721 days ago · 619 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1712 days ago · 622 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1711 days ago · 592 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1711 days ago · 581 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1701 days ago · 591 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 1700 days ago · 546 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 1697 days ago · 617 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 1695 days ago · 460 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 1693 days ago · 569 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 1692 days ago · 530 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 1687 days ago · 598 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 1676 days ago · 562 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 1675 days ago · 576 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 1738 days ago · 585 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 1748 days ago · 550 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 1752 days ago · 562 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1763 days ago · 613 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g7un. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.