M4.2 earthquake 163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 4:40 AM GMT+12 (16:40 UTC), 531 km (330 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2021-07-26 16:40:22 UTC
- Depth
- 531.2 km (330.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.058° S, 179.245° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2158 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1846 days ago · 580 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1845 days ago · 560 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1844 days ago · 563 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.1212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1892 days ago · 563 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 564 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1909 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1910 days ago · 561 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.490 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1910 days ago · 540 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5192 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1911 days ago · 567 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f0p9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.