M4.0 earthquake 236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Fri, Dec 3, 2021, 2:01 PM GMT+12 (02:01 UTC), 641 km (398 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 231 km E 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-03 02:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 640.8 km (398.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.223° S, 178.572° 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 22.7 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2205 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1758 days ago · 399 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1757 days ago · 510 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1754 days ago · 584 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1752 days ago · 526 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1752 days ago · 532 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.7231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1748 days ago · 575 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1745 days ago · 606 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1741 days ago · 579 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3168 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 654 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 555 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1736 days ago · 544 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1734 days ago · 550 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1732 days ago · 560 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1729 days ago · 583 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1723 days ago · 540 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1720 days ago · 563 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1717 days ago · 542 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2211 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1717 days ago · 527 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1716 days ago · 565 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1716 days ago · 572 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1714 days ago · 616 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1713 days ago · 547 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1710 days ago · 583 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3194 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1708 days ago · 530 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1705 days ago · 617 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1704 days ago · 552 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1765 days ago · 619 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1770 days ago · 603 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1771 days ago · 577 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1773 days ago · 541 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3152 km SE of Labasa, Fiji · 1775 days ago · 540 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1777 days ago · 555 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1778 days ago · 564 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1188 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1786 days ago · 579 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1786 days ago · 599 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1791 days ago · 524 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1792 days ago · 521 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gah9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.