Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 237 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 237 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 8:09 PM GMT+12 (08:09 UTC), 575 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-01-21 08:09:18 UTC
Depth
574.9 km (357.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.267° S, 178.580° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2075 days ago · 601 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2074 days ago · 503 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.5248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2069 days ago · 599 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2059 days ago · 571 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.3230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2055 days ago · 535 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2055 days ago · 579 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.4221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2052 days ago · 535 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.5222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2048 days ago · 535 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.4162 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2042 days ago · 556 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.7230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2041 days ago · 550 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.3217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 610 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.4237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2038 days ago · 571 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.3233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2037 days ago · 532 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.6198 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2037 days ago · 570 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2037 days ago · 543 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.1187 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2035 days ago · 556 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.1234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2026 days ago · 573 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 4.4222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2026 days ago · 562 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2026 days ago · 524 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.5213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2078 days ago · 533 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 558 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.3202 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.2213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 578 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2081 days ago · 548 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2085 days ago · 588 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2088 days ago · 562 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 5.2Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 579 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.2210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2089 days ago · 568 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 5.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2091 days ago · 537 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.0198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2092 days ago · 553 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.5246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2096 days ago · 553 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.5241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 538 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.3216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2102 days ago · 514 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dcv3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC.