M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 5:34 AM GMT+12 (17:34 UTC), 413 km (257 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-25 17:34:12 UTC
- Depth
- 412.9 km (256.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.024° S, 177.553° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1735 days ago · 580 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1731 days ago · 588 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1730 days ago · 506 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1729 days ago · 366 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1728 days ago · 583 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1727 days ago · 627 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1723 days ago · 605 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1720 days ago · 395 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1719 days ago · 563 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1718 days ago · 581 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1715 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1715 days ago · 592 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1713 days ago · 621 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1713 days ago · 616 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1706 days ago · 600 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1705 days ago · 632 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1705 days ago · 645 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1705 days ago · 625 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1704 days ago · 617 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1702 days ago · 556 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1698 days ago · 612 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4261 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1696 days ago · 519 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1688 days ago · 633 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1687 days ago · 570 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1683 days ago · 630 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1680 days ago · 554 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 5.2Fiji region · 1739 days ago · 408 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 579 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1740 days ago · 443 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1748 days ago · 519 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1755 days ago · 610 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1756 days ago · 510 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1758 days ago · 556 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1761 days ago · 629 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1761 days ago · 600 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1762 days ago · 598 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1763 days ago · 573 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1763 days ago · 396 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1764 days ago · 619 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1766 days ago · 493 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1768 days ago · 628 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g9la. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.