M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 2:50 AM GMT+12 (14:50 UTC), 642 km (399 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-26 14:50:39 UTC
- Depth
- 641.7 km (398.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.095° S, 178.745° 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 19.5 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 16
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1729 days ago · 567 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1728 days ago · 554 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1724 days ago · 573 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1723 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1716 days ago · 530 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1715 days ago · 552 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1712 days ago · 550 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1697 days ago · 544 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1689 days ago · 543 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1231 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 1682 days ago · 514 km deep · 88 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g9m0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.